Britain’s government on Monday promised to tighten migration rules and make it harder for newcomers to permanently stay in the country, in a sign of the increasing political pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to cut immigration numbers. Under the plans, visas for some lower skilled workers would be reduced, language requirements for immigrants raised…
Rumeysa Ozturk returned to Massachusetts on Saturday evening, eyes welling with joy and gratitude at the end of her six-week odyssey in federal custody, a case that stirred outrage over President Trump’s immigration crackdown. A flight carrying Ms. Ozturk, a Turkish citizen studying at Tufts University on a student visa, touched down at Boston Logan…
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka denied trespassing at a newly opened federal immigration detention center following his arrest Friday during a confrontation with federal agents. Baraka, who is campaigning for governor, was taken into custody outside the Delaney Hall facility, where he had joined a protest and attempted to accompany three members of Congress seeking to…
Follow live updates on Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff. Months before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first American pope, a social media account under his name expressed criticism of Vice President JD Vance, sharing an article that called the vice president’s interpretation of Christian doctrine “wrong.” The piece, published in The National…
Hours after Donald J. Trump was sworn in for a second term, he issued an executive order laying the groundwork for mass deportations of immigrants and denying them legal assistance. Public interest groups focused on immigrant rights teamed up to fight the order and called in Gibson Dunn, a major law firm with the resources…
The US military has established a second designated military zone along the southern border, this time in Texas, to support immigration enforcement efforts. The newly declared “Texas National Defense Area” spans 63 miles east of El Paso along the Texas-New Mexico border, following a similar 170-mile-long zone created in New Mexico last month. The move…
A very unfamiliar question has taken over the internet: Can 100 average men defeat one adult male gorilla in a fight? It all started on April 24, when X user Michael Sherrills posted the question online. A random thought quickly went viral. Social media users started sharing memes, polls, and funny responses relating to the…
Recent immigration arrests at courthouses around US have advocates worried (Photo: AP) Inside a Virginia courthouse, three immigration agents in plainclothes – one masked – detained a man who had just had misdemeanour assault charges dismissed. They declined to show identification or a warrant to the man, and one threatened to prosecute horrified witnesses who…
Immigration policy dominated the attention of Canadians in the weeks before Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as prime minister in January. But as voters cast their ballots on Monday, the issue has notably lost traction behind pressing concerns over the country’s economy and President Trump’s tariffs. Mr. Trudeau’s government had turbocharged immigration in a bid…
A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of allowing immigration enforcement agents to act in spaces like schools and houses of worship was filed in Oregon on Monday, seeking to settle a legal debate over whether those areas should be off-limits. The suit, brought by Justice Action Center and Innovation Law Lab, follows efforts by…