Govt expands labour pathways to Israel, adding new job options for Nepalis

KATHMANDU:- The government has approved new labour protocols with Israel, expanding employment opportunities for Nepalis by adding jobs in agriculture and home-based caregiving to the existing..

Trump’s Twin Cities immigration crackdown has made chaos and tension the new normal

By TIM SULLIVAN, MINNEAPOLIS (AP):- Work starts around sunrise for many of the federal officers carrying out the immigration crackdown in and around the Twin Cities, with hundreds of people in..

ICE says Cuban immigrant died while attempting suicide. A witness says guards pinned and choked him

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, CEDAR ATTANASIO and RYAN J. FOLEY, WASHINGTON (AP):- A Cuban immigrant died in a Texas immigration detention facility earlier this month during an altercation with guards,..

Are Trump’s supporters getting what they want from his second term? Here’s what a new poll shows

By STEVE PEOPLES, MIKE CATALINI, JESSE BEDAYN and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX, NEW YORK (AP):- Nearly a year into his second term, President Donald Trump’s work on the economy hasn’t lived up to..

Senate passes more spending bills, but Homeland Security dispute looms

By KEVIN FREKING, WASHINGTON (AP):- Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a..

Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, HALLIE GOLDEN and AAMER MADHANI, MINNEAPOLIS (AP):- President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to..

Court ruling jeopardizes freedom for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK, NEW YORK, (AP):- A federal appeals panel on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud..

US suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance

By MATTHEW LEE, WASHINGTON (AP):- The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public..

Trump threatens to halt federal money next month not only to sanctuary cities but also their states

By GEOFF MULVIHILL, WASHINGTON, (AP):- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting his..

NYC Council employee’s arrest sparks protests and a dispute over his immigration status

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, NEW YORK (AP):- A New York City Council employee was arrested in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, enraging city officials and prompting a protest Tuesday..

Trump is ending protected immigration status for Somalis, long a target of his anti-immigrant barbs

By BILL BARROW, ATLANTA, (AP):- Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday it will end temporary protected status for immigrants from Somalia, the latest move in the president’s mass..

Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown

By REBECCA SANTANA, MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI, MINNEAPOLIS (AP):- Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement..

Judge is asked for emergency hearing after Congress members blocked from ICE facility in Minneapolis

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, WASHINGTON (AP):- The Trump administration secretly reimposed a policy limiting Congress members’ access to immigration detention facilities a day after a federal..

Milan prison hosts concert with instruments made by inmates from migrant smugglers’ boats

ROME (AP):- Instruments made from smugglers’ boats that brought migrants to Italy’s shores told their tale of desperation and redemption in a special performance at a prison in Milan on Saturday,..

Celebrities wear pins protesting ICE on the Golden Globes red carpet

By JAMES POLLARD and SARAH RAZA, LOS ANGELES, (AP):- Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed in her car by an..

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