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‘Baby jails’ and first steps behind bars: Trump’s immigration agenda embraces family detention again
As the US ramps up enforcement, scenes of family separation and despair from Trump’s first term are repeated. The United States has resumed placing immigrant families in detention, re-embracing ...The Guardian - Mar. 12 -
Trump administration deports immigrants despite judge blocking use of Alien Enemies Act
The White House is disregarding a federal judge's ruling on immigration, claiming the court has no authority. The ruling was meant to block the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies ...CBS News - Mar. 17 -
Denver mayor tags arrest of leading immigration advocate as 'Putin-style political persecution'
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston blasted the Trump administration for "Soviet-style political persecution of political dissidents" by arresting high-profile Colorado immigration advocate Jeanette ...NBC News - 6d -
2 men found guilty in smuggling conspiracy in which 53 immigrants died in hot tractor-trailer
SAN ANTONIO — Two smugglers charged after 53 immigrants died in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning were found guilty Tuesday after a two-week trial.NBC News - 6d -
Sanders recognizes Trump's efforts on border, fentanyl: 'Nobody thinks illegal immigration is appropriate'
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said there is one thing he agreed with President Trump about: curbing illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl into the country. Sanders joined ABC News’s “This ...The Hill - 2d -
Why ICE arrested a Palestinian activist involved in Columbia's protests
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student, activist and a legal U.S. permanent resident, over his involvement during Columbia University's 2024 ...CBS News - Mar. 10 -
Trump preparing to invoke 1798 wartime law for Guantánamo deportations
President Trump is planning to use a wartime law from 1798 to help carry out deportations to Guantánamo Bay, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the plan. CBS News immigration and ...CBS News - Mar. 13 -
Latest news on Mahmoud Khalil's case, 2 other Columbia protesters targeted
The lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil say he may miss his child's birth while detained by the U.S. government. This comes as news emerges of two other Columbia University protesters facing immigration ...CBS News - Mar. 14 -
U.S. to continue strikes on Houthis
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. will continue strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Willie James Inman reports.CBS News - Mar. 16 -
Private Prisons Are Ramping Up Detention of Immigrants and Cashing In
The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these facilities as part of its mass deportation effort.The New York Times - Mar. 7 -
Trump Administration Revives Detention of Immigrant Families
Two facilities in South Texas are being readied for undocumented parents and their children. One site began receiving them earlier this month.The New York Times - Mar. 17 -
I.R.S. Prepares to Help Find Immigrants Targeted for Deportation
The tax agency is nearing an agreement to verify whether ICE officials have the right address for people they are trying to deport.The New York Times - 2d -
Sierra Leone’s immigration chief fired after footage showed him with fugitive drug lord
President sacks Alusine Kanneh after video of him with Johannes Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most wanted. Sierra Leone’s president has fired the head of the immigration service days after footage ...The Guardian - Mar. 11 -
Trump signs order to increase critical mineral production in the U.S.
The U.S. is depends on imports for some critical mineral needs.CNBC - 4d -
Behind Ontario's tax on electricity for the U.S.
Canada's Ontario province is charging a 25% tax on electricity sent to the U.S. as retaliation over President Trump's tariffs. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul spoke to Ontario's energy minister, Stephen ...CBS News - Mar. 10 -
Recession fears escalate across U.S.
U.S. stocks plunged Monday as President Trump declined to rule out the possibility that the nation is tipping into a recession. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady examines the market's ...CBS News - Mar. 10 -
China's retaliatory tariffs are a direct hit to U.S. farmers
Here are the products subject to China's retaliatory tariffs, and how U.S. farmers are reacting to Trump's trade policy.CBS News - Mar. 10 -
Bourbon industry in crosshairs of U.S.-Canada trade war
Distilleries in the heart of America's bourbon industry are finding themselves in the crosshairs of a brewing trade war between the U.S. and Canada.NBC News - Mar. 11 -
NBC to broadcast Olympics in the U.S. through 2036
Comcast NBCUniversal signs deal with IOC for U.S. broadcast rights worth $3 billion.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 13 -
Drone swarms inside the U.S. could be spying
The U.S. military is searching for ways to track and stop drone swarms flying over sensitive national security sites.CBS News - Mar. 16 -
Investors are fleeing U.S. stocks as tariff risks loom
Mounting concerns about the Trump administration's trade policies are driving institutional investors away from U.S. stocks.CBS News - 6d -
FedEx is the latest company to sound the alarm on the U.S. economy
FedEx cuts its profit outlook for the third time in a row, thanks to “continued weakness and uncertainty in the U.S. industrial economy.”MarketWatch - 4d -
Cancer caused by HPV is increasing in some women in the U.S.
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers with the HPV vaccine. Recent research suggests that the U.S. is backsliding in efforts to detect it early.NBC News - 3d -
Former U.S. attorney in Virginia found dead at 43
Former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber was found dead in Alexandria on Saturday morning, police said.NBC News - 2d -
Putin gifted a portrait of Trump to the U.S. president
The Kremlin has confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted to Donald Trump a portrait he commissioned of the U.S. presidentABC News - 1d -
Trump’s $5 million idea to reduce the deficit and reduce immigration fraud
Donald Trump and his pet program DOGE have been looking for ways to reduce the deficit. The president’s latest idea is a “gold card” visa program, which he claims would reduce deficit spending by ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Disrupt St. Louis’s Growth Strategy
Shrinking cities have tried to stabilize their populations with foreign-born residents. The strategy was working, until the inauguration.The New York Times - Mar. 10 -
Palestinian who made antisemitic posts charged with immigration offence
Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, aka Abu Wadee, is charged with knowingly arriving in the UK without leave.BBC News - Mar. 10 -
Immigrant detention centers are at capacity, Trump admin officials say
The Department of Homeland Security is working with several agencies to increase bed space as they ask Congress for more funding.NBC News - Mar. 12 -
Trump administration ‘villainizes’ immigrant families with misleading directive on food aid
Experts warn new memo could deter families from accessing food assistance, despite no changes to eligibility rules. The Trump administration is now using popular anti-hunger programs, including ...The Guardian - 5d -
DHS gutting offices that offer civil rights and immigration liaison services
The Department of Homeland Security said the offices "function as internal adversaries that slow down operations."CBS News - 3d -
Trump Shuts Down 3 Watchdog Agencies Overseeing Immigration Crackdown
The move comes as the Trump administration ramps up its deportation campaign, in some cases removing people with little to no due process.The New York Times - 3d -
Rubio's record challenging repressive regimes questioned after academics' immigration crackdown
Some experts who have followed Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s career see a dissonance between his actions now as part of the Trump administration and his advocacy for freedom of expression as a ...NBC News - 3d -
Amid fear and confusion in US immigrant communities, protest goes grassroots
Churches and non-profits are offering legal help, meals and workshops to people targeted by the Trump administration. On Sundays, Juan Carlos Ruiz gives his sermons while wearing a white robe. ...The Guardian - 2d -
Bernie Sanders admits Biden failed to tackle illegal immigration
Liberal senator says in interview Trump was right to ‘crack down on fentanyl, making sure our borders are stronger’. Follow US politics live Liberal US senator Bernie Sanders has praised ...The Guardian - 1d -
What rights do green card holders have? Immigration experts explain
The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian protester, is raising questions about the rights of green card holders.CBS News - 21h -
The Alienation Effect by Owen Hatherley review – how immigrants reshaped postwar Britain
Behind many symbols of quintessentially British culture – from Picture Post to Pevsner’s guides – were refugees who fled Europe in the 1930s and 40s. In the early 1940s, the publisher Collins ...The Guardian - 11h -
The U.S. dollar is still the world’s currency — but maybe not for much longer
Concerns are rising about the sustainability of U.S. government debt and spending.MarketWatch - Mar. 8 -
China rolls out retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods
China rolls out retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goodsNBC News - Mar. 10 -
This sector may be the ‘accidental beneficiary’ of a U.S. growth scare, says JPMorgan
Emerging markets may be helped by a weaker dollar and lower U.S. interest ratesMarketWatch - Mar. 17