55 m. ago With his immigration bill, Canada’s prime minister is bowing to Trump | Tayo Bero

Mark Carney’s Strong Borders Act would mean a crackdown on refugees as Canada seeks to bolster its relationship with the USThere are many stereotypes about Canada – that we are a nation of extremely polite people, a welcoming melting pot, and that we’re the US’s laid-back cousin who lives next door.But right now, Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, is bucking all of that lore after pressure from the US in the form of Donald Trump’s “concerns” about undocumented migrants and fentanyl moving across the US-Canada border. In response, the recently elected Liberal PM put forward a 127-page bill that includes, among other worrying provisions, sweeping changes to immigration policy that would make the process much more precarious for refugees and could pave the way for mass deportations. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump jokes about immigrants being attacked by alligators during ‘Florida Alcatraz’ tour

‘Don't run in a straight line. Run like this’ Mr Trump said, as he moved his hand in a zigzag motion

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8 h. ago A day outside an LA detention center shows profound impact of ICE raids on families

For immigrants who are detained in the Los Angeles region, their first stop is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in the basement of the federal building downtown

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15 h. ago Photos of Trump touring an immigration detention center dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz'

President Donald Trump toured a newly built immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades surrounded by alligator-filled swamps and nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz.” He praised it as a model for future nationwide facilities aimed at accelerating deportations, including possibly deporting U.S. citizens.

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19 h. ago Trump celebrates harsh conditions for detainees on visit to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

President says immigration jail in Florida Everglades is a ‘little controversial, but I couldn’t care less’Donald Trump on Tuesday toured Alligator Alcatraz, a controversial new migrant detention jail in the remote Florida Everglades, and celebrated the harsh conditions that people sent there would experience.The president was chaperoned by Florida’s hard-right governor, Ron DeSantis, who hailed the tented camp on mosquito-infested land 50 miles west of Miami as an example for other states that supported Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago California mayor on Trump’s immigration raids: ‘It is a campaign of domestic terror’

Former marine Arturo Flores condemns ‘a level of psychological warfare I’ve only seen in theaters of war’As a United States marine, Arturo Flores served in Afghanistan and Iraq, where he worked as a military police officer and trained dogs to find roadside bombs.It’s his experience in the military that has made what he’s seen on the streets of southern California in recent weeks all the more disturbing to him, Flores said. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago As Trump targets birthright citizenship, the terrain is once again ‘women’s bodies and sexuality’

From 22 Chinese women detained in 1874 for being ‘lewd and debauched’, experts point to a grim US traditionOne day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, five pregnant immigrant women – led by an asylum seeker from Venezuela – sued over the president’s executive order limiting automatic birthright citizenship, out of fear that their unborn children would be left stateless.The case went before the supreme court, which sided with the Trump administration Friday by restricting the ability of federal judges to block the order. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago US supreme court expected to rule on birthright citizenship and other outstanding cases on last day of term – live updates

US supreme court to rule on Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship, a move that would drastically shift immigration policy and how the constitution has long been understoodThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump administration sues Maryland federal judges over removal of immigrants

The Trump administration is suing federal judges in Maryland

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6 d. ago Honduras, US discuss immigration, security after tense start to relations under Trump administration

Honduras President Xiomara Castro and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discuss immigration and border security during their first meeting

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6 d. ago ROBERT HARDMAN: A night raid on a police station using the IRA's most deadly gun, an SAS team facing mortal danger

HARDMAN: For more than three hours, on a freezing February night, the 12 men from the Special Air Service had been lying behind a low, threadbare bit of hedge near the village of Clonoe

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6 d. ago Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence

At hearing, US attorney general claims she’s unaware of reports that officials have hid their faces during roundupsThe attorney general, Pam Bondi, professed ignorance of reports of immigration officials hiding their faces with masks during roundups of undocumented people, despite widespread video evidence and reports that they are instilling pervasive fear and panic.Challenged at a Wednesday Capitol Hill subcommittee hearing by Gary Peters, a Democratic senator for Michigan, Bondi, who as the country’s top law officer has a prominent role in the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy, implied she was unaware of plain-clothed agents concealing their faces while carrying out arrests but suggested it was for self-protection. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump administration could deport immigrants to 58 other countries after Supreme Court opened door for swift removals

Diplomats have reportedly been offering payments and potential relief from Trump’s renewed travel ban to entice countries to take deported ‘third-country’ immigrants

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6 d. ago Trump administration sues Maryland federal judges over order blocking removal of immigrants

The Trump administration is suing federal judges in Maryland over an order that blocks the immediate removal of any detained immigrant who requests a court hearing

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6 d. ago Maine governor scrambles to reassure Canadians that traveling to the US is safe: ‘It’s a terrifying thing going down there right now’

Canadians raised concerns Tuesday with Maine Governor Janet Mills about traveling to the US during a joint conversation with the Premier of New Brunswick, Susan Holt.

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6 d. ago California official criticized for appearing to call on gangs to intervene in immigration raids

The vice mayor of a tiny Southern California city is under fire after appearing to call on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in Los Angeles

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6 d. ago Stephen Colbert on Ice: ‘Constantly devising new terrible ways to treat immigrants’

Late-night hosts spoke about Trump swearing in front of press and expressed shock over plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in FloridaLate-night hosts talked about US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict and how the situation at home should be higher on the priority list. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer scrambles to cosy up to Trump at Nato summit after flip

Keir Starmer was carefully positioned next to Donald Trump for the 'family photo' at the gathering in The Hague.

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7 d. ago California vice mayor calls for gangs to help protect communities from ICE raids

Cynthia Gonzalez could face FBI investigation over appeal to notorious criminal outfits to join pushback against federal roundups of undocumented migrants

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7 d. ago Thousands of millionaires to flee Britain in record numbers to escape Labour's tax raids

An unprecedented 16,500 wealthy Britons are predicted to leave this year amid a darkening economic outlook.

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