2 h. ago Denied, detained, deported: the faces of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The administration has torn up the rule book as it seeks to implement a hardline agenda to expel people from the US Donald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting people requesting asylum and refugees while conducting raids and deportations in undocumented communities, detaining and deporting immigrants and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multipronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This extraordinary assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Faces of Trump’s deportation push: The people falling victim to the immigration crackdown

Asylum-seekers, international students and activists alike tell Josh Marcus about their age of uncertainty under Trump

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1 week ago Kilmar Ábrego García ‘traumatized’ by threats in prison, Maryland senator says

Chris Van Hollen describes meeting with constituent held in Salvadoran prison against supreme court orderUS politics live – latest updatesWrongly deported Salvadoran man Kilmar Ábrego García has been held incommunicado and faced threats in prison that left him “traumatized”, a Democratic senator said Friday after returning from meeting him in El Salvador.Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the state Ábrego García had been living in with his US citizen wife and son until he was deported last month in what the Trump administration conceded was an “administrative error”, traveled to the central American country this week to see his constituent. After initially rejecting his request to meet Ábrego García and preventing him from traveling to the prison where he was being held, president Nayib Bukele’s government on Thursday facilitated a meeting at Van Hollen’s hotel. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Democrat left red faced after showing up at El Salvador prison to 'rescue' deported 'Maryland man' Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen shared a clip of himself to X before boarding a flight to the country where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, 29, is being held.

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 5 unsettling things Donald Trump's White House did in 24 hours as he faces deportation backlash

Trump and those around him are engaging in some of his favourite pastimes, other than golf - being mean to foreigners and trans people

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2 w. ago Judge in Colorado puts temporary hold on removals sought by Trump under 18th century wartime law

A federal judge has put a temporary hold on deportations of immigrants in Colorado who face possible removal under President Donald Trump's invocation of an 18th century law known as the Alien Enemies Act

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2 w. ago Kylian Mbappe faces Real Madrid ban for 'disgusting' tackle before Arsenal clash

Kylian Mbappe was shown a straight red card for a dangerous challenge during Real Madrid's La Liga clash against Deportivo Alaves and could face a huge ban

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2 w. ago Trump is pushing students towards Britain – ministers, don’t let your immigration obsession stand in the way | Polly Toynbee

Beleaguered UK universities have a golden opportunity. If the government passes it up, it risks billions in revenue Shocking stories told at a US universities conference in San Diego described Donald Trump’s assaults on research grants, academics and students. Foreign students face deportation for infractions as minor as parking or speeding tickets. A reported 500 student visas have been suddenly revoked – with some students sent to deportation centres, and others told to “self-deport”. With a million foreign students warned by their universities not to travel abroad for fear of never getting back in, that’s a strong deterrent to others deciding whether to study in the US.Jo Johnson, former minster for universities, King’s College London visiting professor and chair of the Lords education committee, listening to this list of persecutions, spoke to me from San Diego. “The UK should be extending the warmest of welcomes, a safe port in a storm,” he says. Concerns about immigration numb...

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3 w. ago Trump touts Supreme Court deportation ruling as a major victory, but legal fight is far from over

The Trump administration is touting a Supreme Court ruling allowing it to resume deportations under the Alien Enemies Act as a major victory, but the immigration fight is far from over

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3 w. ago EU and US citizens face deportation from Germany for taking part in 'violent' pro

The four were given just six weeks to leave the country or face 'coercive government measures' - despite not having been found guilty of a crime. (File photo)

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4 w. ago Christians make up vast majority of US immigrants facing deportation under Trump

About 10 million Christians living in the US are deemed vulnerable to removal

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4 w. ago British couple issue 'urgent' plea as they face being deported for 'cruellest reason'

Robert O'Leary and Jessica Mathers say their dream life in Australia is at risk due to an 'outdated' law

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4 w. ago Texas grandmother who fled cartel violence from Belize in 2001 is in ICE custody and faces deportation

‘If my mom were to go back [to Belize], that would be the last time that we see our mom,’ the landscaper’s daughter warned

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