12 h. ago ‘He’s in an abyss’: Family members say innocents swept up in Trump crackdown on Venezuelan migrant gang

Ongoing lawsuit is challenging administration’s use of emergency wartime law to deport Venezuelans without due process

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25 h. ago British backpacker detained by US in 'Trump crackdown' after 'breaking visa rules' is released and on her way home after two weeks following family appeal

Rebecca Burke, 28, was on a 'once in a lifetime' solo travelling trip across the US and Canada when she was handcuffed while trying to cross the Canadian border on February 26.

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44 h. ago UNLV professor killed in 2023 mass shooting is named as part of Trump’s DEI crackdown at colleges

Patricia Navarro-Velez, 39, one of three people gunned down in December 2023

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6 d. ago Wife of Columbia graduate student detained by Ice speaks out about his arrest

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice agents on Saturday, part of Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protestersMahmoud Khalil’s wife, who is now eight months pregnant, issued a statement on Tuesday night after the Columbia University graduate student and activist was arrested in New York by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) as part of the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke his green card and have him deported.“I am pleading with the world to continue to speak up against his unjust and horrific detention by the Trump administration,” Khalil’s wife, who is a US citizen, said in her statement, remaining anonymous for fear of harassment. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Vegan British backpacker who 'broke US visa rules' complains that she faces a month in US jail after being caught at border in 'Trump crackdown'

Rebecca Burke, 28, was on a solo travelling trip across the US and Canada when it turned into a nightmare after she was handcuffed while trying to cross the Canadian border on February 26.

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8 d. ago Ice accessed car trackers in sanctuary cities that could help in raids, files show

Westchester county has laws limiting cooperation, but Ice has accessed trove of data that holds license plate readersAs Donald Trump’s administration ramps up its crackdown on undocumented immigrants to the US, advocates are increasingly worried immigration agents will turn to surveillance technology to round up those targeted for deportation, even in so-called “sanctuary cities” that limit the ways local law enforcement can cooperate with immigration officials.That’s because US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (Ice) in past years has gained access to troves of data from sanctuary cities that could aid its raids and enforcement actions. Among that information is data from the vast network of license plate readers active across the US, according to documents obtained by the Guardian. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Parents of British backpacker seized by US border guards in Trump's crackdown plead for her release after visa mix

28-year-old Becky Burke's solo travelling trip across the US and Canada turned into a nightmare when she was handcuffed while trying to cross the Canadian border on February 26.

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8 d. ago Softly spoken Brit woman, 28, locked up in the US after being caught up in Donald Trump's borders clampdown

An innocent British backpacker is behind bars in an orange jumpsuit after being caught up in Donald Trump's borders crackdown.

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1 week ago Lastminute.com founder warns of ‘peril’ for tech sector amid Trump DEI crackdown

Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho told the House of Lords’ International Women’s Day debate that there has been a ‘degradation’ in tech industry culture.

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1 week ago GOP budget goals impossible without Medicare and Medicaid cuts, budget office says

Republicans are expected to fall short of their goal to slash the budget by $1.5tn despite Donald Trump’s assurancesRepublicans cannot reach their budget goal of slashing at least $1.5tn in spending over the next decade to fund Donald Trump’s tax cuts and immigration crackdown without cutting healthcare relied upon by tens of millions of Americans – including seniors and children, according to the non-partisan budget assessor.House Republicans last week narrowly passed a budget instructing the energy and commerce committee, which is responsible for federal healthcare, to cut spending under its jurisdiction by $880bn – in order to pay for Trump’s tax cuts, mass deportations and defence investments. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump’s immigration crackdown mapped: Where are majority of ICE detainees being held in the U.S.

The Independent’s map shines a light on where the tens of thousands are being detained in ICE facilities across the U.S., report Rhian Lubin and Alicja Hagopian

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2 w. ago These states have seen the biggest crackdown on immigration since Trump returned to office

The Independent’s map shines a light on where the tens of thousands are being detained in ICE facilities across the U.S., reports Rhian Lubin and Alicja Hagopian

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2 w. ago 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 saysThe Geo Group, the largest single private contractor to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), said it was building out its surveillance business to be able to monitor hundreds of thousands or millions more immigrants than it already does.The Geo Group, a private prison corporation and parent company of BI Inc, has contracted with Ice for nearly 20 years to manage the agency’s electronic monitoring program. It currently tracks approximately 186,000 immigrants using devices such as ankle monitors, smart watches and a facial recognition app, according to public Ice data. Due to increasing demand from Donald Trump’s administration, which has promised mass deportations, company executives said that they expect that number to grow past its previous peak of 370,000 to 450,000 immigrants within the next year. The remarks were made during the company’s fourth-quarter earning...

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3 w. ago US climate research agency braces for ‘efficiency’ cuts: ‘They will gut the work’

Workers at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fear crackdown will have global falloutThe Trump administration has set its sights on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency, with significant cuts and a political crackdown on climate science. As Trump takes aim at the agency, the impact is likely to be felt across the US and around the world.Noaa provides essential resources to the public and has helped make the US a scientific leader internationally. Operating 18 satellites and 15 research and survey ships, the agency’s scientists, engineers and policy experts issue forecasts relied on by aviation, agriculture and fishing industries; ocean floor mapping depended upon for shipping; advises on species protection, and increasingly precise and accurate modeling on what to expect as climate crisis unfolds. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump administration sued over crackdown on school diversity programs

Teachers union says the crackdown violates the First and Fifth Amendments

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3 w. ago Apple shareholders vote against ending DEI program amid Trump crackdown

Vote vindicates tech company’s decision to uphold diversity initiatives as other firms give into pressure from presidentApple shareholders voted down an attempt to pressure the technology company into yielding to Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce.A proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research – a self-described conservative thinktank – urged Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives currently in the Trump administration’s crosshairs. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Thousands of migrants return home by boat after Trump’s crackdown on asylum

They risked their lives in hopes of reaching the US, but have now given up

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3 w. ago States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump's immigration crackdown

Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration

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3 w. ago Trump purges immigration chief for failing to arrest enough illegal migrants in ruthless new crackdown

Caleb Vitello, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was reassigned.

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3 w. ago ‘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 TrumpThis Valentine’s Day, a new political power couple said their vows on the plush white couches of Fox & Friends in midtown Manhattan: Donald Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, and the New York City mayor, Eric Adams.The pair appeared on the conservative TV show to discuss an agreement they had reached the day before. Their deal reversed longstanding New York City policy by letting federal immigration agents back onto Rikers Island, the city’s jail complex that largely holds people who have been charged but not yet convicted of crimes. The surprise agreement came as the newly installed leaders of Trump’s Department of Justice were making an extraordinary push to dismiss criminal corruption charges that the agency had been pursuing against Adams.Weeks after the election, the mayor, who had once declared that the city would ‘ALWAYS stand up to’ Trump and that immigra...

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