1 week ago Woman jailed over 'racist' migrant hotel tweet after Southport stabbings 'is denied temporary release to see daughter, 12, and ailing husband'

Lucy Connolly, 42, is currently serving a 31-month sentence for a post made last summer where she spoke of mass deportations and setting fire to asylum hotels 'for all I care'.

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1 week ago Joe Rogan breaks with Trump, calling Venezuelan deportations ‘horrific’

Influential podcast host and prominent Trump supporter criticizes administration for removal of gay makeup artistJoe Rogan, the influential podcast host and prominent supporter of Donald Trump, has criticized the president’s administration over the deportation of a professional makeup artist and hairdresser to a prison in El Salvador, calling it “horrific”.Andry José Hernández Romero, who is gay, had sought asylum in the US, telling officials he faced persecution because of his sexual orientation and political views. But US immigration officers argued the crown tattoos on his wrists were proof he was part of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang, despite Hernández Romero telling them he was not. Last month, he was flown from Texas to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, a facility that his lawyer said was “one of the worst places in the world”. His removal comes as the administration undertakes what Trump has pledged would be a mass deportation campaign. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Melania talks ‘power of love’ at women’s awards event as her husband continues to push his mass deportations

‘Throughout my life, I have harnessed the power of love as a source of strength during challenging times,’ the first lady said at the International Women of Courage Award ceremony

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2 w. ago Tense moment Karoline Leavitt goes nuclear on reporter who questioned Trump's deportations: 'Shame on you'

Karoline Leavitt clashed with a reporter during a White House briefing on Monday as she fiercely defended the administration's mass deportation policy.

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2 w. ago Joe Rogan splits with Trump on mass deportations to 'Hell on Earth' prison after making 'horrific' discovery

Rogan's condemnation of the decision amid reports innocent civilians were wrongly mixed up with criminals could be the biggest blow to the administration yet.

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3 w. ago Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets

Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El SalvadorThe Trump administration invoked the “state secrets” privilege to avoid providing more information to a federal judge regarding this month’s highly contentious immigrant expulsions to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.The administration’s invocation of the privilege is a further escalation in Donald Trump’s immigration-related battle against the federal judiciary. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mother stunned after spotting barber son in notorious El Salvador prison after Trump's mass deportation

Myrelis Casique López was shocked to find that her barber son was one of more than 100 gangsters the Trump administration deported to a notorious El Salvadoran prison this week.

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4 w. ago I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was luckyThere was no explanation, no warning. One minute, I was in an immigration office talking to an officer about my work visa, which had been approved months before and allowed me, a Canadian, to work in the US. The next, I was told to put my hands against the wall, and patted down like a criminal before being sent to an Ice detention center without the chance to talk to a lawyer.I grew up in Whitehorse, Yukon, a small town in the northernmost part of Canada. I always knew I wanted to do something bigger with my life. I left home early and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where I built a career spanning multiple industries – acting in film and television, owning bars and restaurants, flipping condos and managing Airbnbs. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Fear grows among US’s 390,000 undocumented Chinese immigrants: ‘So many policies have changed’

Those newly arrived and those who have lived in the US for decades worry as Trump vows to deport Chinese nationalsIn 2014, a few years after the birth of her second child, Jenny left China to flee an abusive relationship and government persecution for violating the one-child policy. She brought her younger daughter to San Francisco and, though undocumented, found work at a childcare facility and eventually married a US citizen.Because of extended delays in visa processing, her green card application remains in limbo after three years, but she’s never been particularly afraid of her immigration status. That is until Donald Trump won re-election last November, fueled in part by a promise to conduct the largest mass deportation program in US history. Continue reading...

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last month I was a lawyer for Ice. Mass deportations don’t make us safer | Veronica Cardenas

US immigration has become a machine of surveillance and fear. We’re already seeing the consequencesThis month marks 22 years since the creation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).Created in the wake of 9/11 under the guise of national security, Ice was supposed to target real threats. Instead, it has become a machine of mass surveillance, indiscriminate arrests and fear-based enforcement that does little to keep us safer. Over the years, the harshest post-9/11 policies were rolled back after proving ineffective. But today, we are watching history repeat itself. Continue reading...

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