Former Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage set out plans on Saturday for “mass deportations” of migrants who have crossed the English Channel on small boats if his Reform UK party forms Britain’s next government. In an interview with Saturday’s edition of The Times newspaper, Farage said he would withdraw Britain from the European Convention on Human…
BENGALURU: That deportations of Indians from the US have surged significantly since Donald Trump returned to office in Jan this year is no secret. Now here’s how much more it is when compared to the Biden term and the last year of Trump’s previous term that preceded it: On average, at least 8 Indians were…
The US Department of State has issued a firm statement, warning visa holders that the US visa is not a guaranteed right, but a privilege – one that can be revoked if the holder violates American laws. The department, in the statement, warned that individuals arrested for crimes such as assault, domestic violence, or other…
In a move that has sparked widespread concern, 17 US immigration court judges were abruptly fired as part of what the union representing them calls a politically driven campaign to accelerate mass deportations. According to the Associated Press, the dismissals come at a time when the nation’s immigration courts are grappling with record-breaking backlogs and…
The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is terminating legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, setting them up for potential deportation. DHS said that conditions in Haiti have improved and Haitians no longer meet the conditions for the temporary legal protections. The termination of temporary protected status, or TPS, applies to…
A day after the US Supreme Court allowed the Donald Trump administration to revoke the legal status of over 500,000 migrants, the President took to Truth Social and posted a provocative image with the words: “Let the Deportations Begin.” The image shows dozens of US aeroplanes taking off simultaneously, symbolising mass deportations. On Friday, the…
The US Supreme Court on Friday kept in place its block on President Donald Trump’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a 1798 law historically used only in wartime, faulting his administration for seeking to remove them without adequate legal process. The justices, in a brief and unsigned opinion, granted a request by American Civil Liberties…
A federal judge in Texas ruled that the Trump administration cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan prisoners, who are accused of being members of the criminal group Tren de Aragua. The law, established in 1798, was primarily used in times of war. It was used in the War of 1812, World War I,…
Trump-era deportations rattle US campuses, foreign talent at risk, over 4,000 foreign students face deportation As a wave of deportation threats sweeps across US campuses, over 4,000 foreign students—many of them from India—are facing potential removal under the Trump administration’s renewed immigration crackdown. University officials, legal experts, and students themselves are scrambling to respond, with…
A US judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from implementing a new policy allowing it to rapidly deport hundreds if not thousands of migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to show they fear being persecuted, tortured or killed there. US District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston last month…