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Fresh executive order targets sanctuary cities, federal aid for undocumented migrants
The action marks Trump’s latest attempt to crack down on illegal immigration.Politico - Feb. 20 -
Vance: Biggest threat to Europe is influx of 'unvetted foreign migrants'
During an appearance at CPAC, Vice President JD Vance said he believed the "biggest threat" to countries in Europe was "unvetted foreign migrants," and criticized the Biden administration for its ...NBC News - Feb. 20 -
What We Know About the Secretive Migrant Mission at Guantánamo Bay
The Trump administration has said little about the Venezuelan men who were transferred from Texas to the U.S. military base in Cuba.The New York Times - Feb. 20 -
Trump executive order could cut ‘infant assistance’ benefits for undocumented migrants
NBC News Homeland Security Correspondent Julia Ainsley joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss a new executive order from President Trump and the latest legal challenges to his administration's ...NBC News - Feb. 20 -
Migrants held at Guantanamo now allowed to phone attorneys, filing says
Migrants being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp are now being permitted to speak to their attorneys by phone, an ICE official said in a court filing.ABC News - Feb. 20 -
Many who came to Germany as migrants will vote for the first time Sunday
More than half a million newly naturalized citizens will be able to vote in Germany’s national election for the first time this weekendABC News - Feb. 21 -
Trump Administration Abruptly Clears Out Migrants It Sent to Guantánamo
A transfer operation on Thursday repatriated 177 Venezuelans via a handoff in Honduras, while one migrant was brought back to U.S. soil.The New York Times - Feb. 21 -
Group of mostly Asian migrants deported from U.S. arrive in Costa Rica
The flight of 135 deportees, half of them minors, included families from China, Afghanistan, Russia and more.NBC News - Feb. 21 -
Trump administration resumes legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children
Groups like Acacia and Kids in Need of Defense called the stop-worker "devastating."ABC News - Feb. 21 -
Trump administration allows groups to provide legal help to migrant kids
The Trump administration has lifted its order that suspended some groups from providing legal services to migrant children. Michael Lukens, executive director for the Amica Center for immigration ...CBS News - Feb. 21 -
‘Exploited’ migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours
Call for investigation into unfair payment for labourers on seasonal visa scheme . When 26-year-old Ben* boarded a flight in Uzbekistan in June, he was looking forward to more than just a summer ...The Guardian - 6d -
Anti-migrant hate is flourishing in Germany’s ‘time of the cowards’ | Musa Okwonga
This weekend’s vote will show how far xenophobia has been driving even some traditionally progressive parties. When I think of German democracy, I think of the Larsen B ice shelf: a vast Antarctic ...The Guardian - 6d -
Trump officials prepare plans to revive Title 42 policy to expel migrants
The Trump administration has prepared plans to implement a policy that would allow U.S. officials to swiftly expel migrants on the grounds that they could spread diseases.CBS News - 5d -
Trump administration calls for ICE agents to locate migrant children: Source
There are more than 600,000 migrant children who have crossed the southern border without a legal guardian or parent since 2019, according to government data.ABC News - 4d -
Roosevelt Hotel Shelter, Symbol of NYC Migrant Crisis, Will Close
Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday that the hotel will stop housing migrants by June, calling the closure a milestone in New York City’s response to the crisis.The New York Times - 4d -
Spanish city 'adopts' migrants who intervened in homophobic attack
Ibrahima Diack and Magatte N'Diaye are given "adopted sons of the city" status in A Coruña.BBC News - 4d -
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What We Know About Guantánamo Bay’s Migrant Camp
Last month, President Trump announced plans to construct a migrant holding facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Carol Rosenberg breaks down what we know about the operation, along with New York Times ...The New York Times - 3d -
Trump admin planning operation to find and possibly deport unaccompanied migrant children
The Trump administration is planning a nationwide operation to locate and possibly deport unaccompanied migrant children.NBC News - 3d -
The US lines up Latin American cooperation for migrant deportations
Venezuelan migrants handed over to Mexico like it’s a U.S. immigration detention facilityABC News - 3d -
DHS rolls out registry, fingerprinting for migrants in US illegally
The Trump administration is pushing migrants to be fingerprinted for a new registry of people illegally in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced late Tuesday. The ...The Hill - 2d -
DHS registry for migrants in US illegally raises alarm from immigration advocates
The Department of Homeland Security announced a compulsory registry for migrants in the country illegally and threatened jail time for those who fail to register.ABC News - 2d -
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Ice contractor plans for surveillance boom under Trump migrant crackdown
Geo Group, an Ice partner, is moving at ‘unprecedented speed’ to build out its monitoring, executive chair says. The Geo Group, the largest single private contractor to US Immigration and Customs ...The Guardian - 1d -
Saudi border forces accused of killing ‘hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’
Witnesses making the crossing from Yemen report coming under machine-gun fire and seeing rotting bodies. Saudi Arabia’s forces are accused of using indiscriminate force against migrants on their ...The Guardian - 1d -
Migrants in limbo in Panama jungle camp after being deported from U.S.
Lawyers for migrants from around the world who were deported from the United States and moved to a remote jungle camp in Panama say they have been unable to communicate with their clients since ...NBC News - 1d -
New York migrant shelter targeted by Trump officials to shut in blow to Pakistan
Scrapping of $220mn Roosevelt Hotel contract leaves storied venue’s future in doubt and adds to Islamabad’s fiscal woesFinancial Times - 11h -
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‘I’m collaborating’: how New York City’s mayor gave in to Trump’s migrant crackdown
Eric Adams, mayor of the US’s largest city, is caught up in a swirl of indictments, immigrants, Rikers and Donald Trump. This Valentine’s Day, a new political power couple said their vows on the ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
NYC sues Trump after FEMA claws back $80 million migrant housing grant
New York City sued President Trump on Friday after his administration clawed back $80 million sent to the city for housing migrants. Citing concerns of “illegal activity,” the Trump administration ...The Hill - Feb. 22 -
Trump may revive Title 42 policy to expel migrants citing tuberculosis, documents show
President Trump's administration is preparing plans to bring back the Title 42 policy used in 2020 to authorize summary expulsions of migrants, government documents show. CBS News' Camilo ...CBS News - 4d -
NYC Mayor Eric Adams to close Roosevelt Hotel migrant center targeted by Musk, Trump admin
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the city will close the Roosevelt Hotel migrant center in Manhattan, a frequent target of Elon Musk and the Tump administration.NBC News - 4d -
Panama and Costa Rica can't turn into 'black hole' for migrants, Human Rights Watch says
Concerns among migrant advocates arise as officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones and denying them access to legal services.NBC News - 16h -
Senate Democrats: Detaining migrants at Guantánamo Bay a threat to civil rights, military readiness
Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.) led a group of Democratic senators in writing a letter Friday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against the mass detention of migrants at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, saying it poses ...The Hill - 16h
