The activist Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent figure in the pro-Palestinian student movement at Columbia University, has been transferred to Louisiana after federal immigration officials arrested him over the weekend, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement website. Mr. Khalil is being held at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena, La. His lawyer,…
Panama will release 112 migrants who had been deported from the United States last month and were being held in a remote jungle camp, a minister said on Friday, after lawyers and advocates said the conditions violated Panamanian and international laws. The migrants come from countries that the United States cannot easily return deportees to,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court granted bail on Tuesday to alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case over six years after he was arrested, noting that it was an “exceptional situation” where his incarceration was “alarmingly close to the maximum punishment” but the trial had not yet commenced due…
A group of high-profile lawyers on Saturday filed a suit against Panama over its detention of migrants deported from the United States, threatening to disrupt President Trump’s new policy of exporting migrants from around the world to Central American countries. The lawsuit, filed against the government of Panama before the Inter-American Commision on Human Rights,…
The House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detainment of unauthorised immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes, marking the first legislation that President Donald Trump can sign as Congress, with some bipartisan support, swiftly moved in line with his plans to crackdown on illegal immigration. Passage of the Laken…
Canadian officials rejected reports claiming that four Indians accused of the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia have been granted bail. They clarified that all the accused remain in custody under mandatory detention orders. A British Columbia court, which ordered the mandatory detention, has scheduled the next hearing for February, Ann…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is flying to Florida where she will meet President-elect Donald Trump, Italian media reported on Saturday. The meeting, if confirmed, will come at a time when Meloni is facing a foreign policy test following the arrest of Italian reporter Cecilia Sala in Iran on December 19 while working under a…
Mexico is set to launch a mobile app equipped with a “panic button” to help its citizens in the US alert nearby consulates and family members in case of detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The app, currently in its testing phase, is expected to roll out in January, said Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary…
Tamil Nadu will continue to follow no-detention policy upto class 8: Education Minister Poyyamozhi CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will continue to follow the ‘no-detention policy‘ up to class 8, Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Tuesday.“The Union Government’s move to allow schools to detain students in the same class (class 5 or 8) if they…
PRAYAGRAJ: Taking serious note of disobedience of court order, Allahabad high court (HC) in a contempt proceedings passed an order of detention against Rajnish Chandra, special secretary in Uttar Pradesh’s department of social welfare, till rising of the court and a fine of Rs 2000 for non-compliance of the court order.The detention order was passed…