4 h. ago Arrests now top 250 in immigration crackdown across North Carolina

Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during an immigration crackdown in North Carolina centered around Charlotte, the state’s largest city

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11 h. ago How Europe’s immigration crackdown is fuelling smuggling gangs – video

It has been 10 years since the migrant crisis began - when thousands of people fleeing war, persecution and poverty sought refuge in Europe. A decade later, migration remains one of the continent’s most divisive and politicised issues.Across Europe, anti-immigrant policies have hardened, physical border walls have gone up, and new barriers - both visible and invisible - continue to appear. As a result, migrants are forced on to ever more dangerous routes in search of safety. And the smuggling gangs that EU politicians claim to want to stop are growing more powerful than ever.The Guardian’s European community affairs correspondent, Ashifa Kassam, and video journalist Frances Rankin travel to the edges of ‘Fortress Europe’ to find out what 10 years of tightening migration policy means for people on the move today. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Protesters take to the streets in North Carolina as immigration crackdown in state expands

Several arrests were made in Raleigh, Durham and Cary, days after 130 people were arrested in Charlotte, according to reports

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23 h. ago DHS plans to deploy 250 border agents to Louisiana in major immigration sweep, AP sources say

Federal agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called “Swamp Sweep” in New Orleans in the coming weeks

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24 h. ago Pope strongly backs US bishops in blasting Trump immigration crackdown, urges humane treatment

Pope Leo XIV has strongly backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

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36 h. ago Labour disintegrates on immigration as gleeful Greens surge in the polls and dozens of Starmer's MPs turn on him

Dozens of backbenchers look set to try to block Shabana Mahmood's plans despite her pleading that they are the only way to restore public faith and stop Reform.

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37 h. ago Labour eats itself over immigration: 'Dozens' of MPs poised to revolt against asylum crackdown as Shabana Mahmood warns 'broken' system cannot go on

Dozens of backbenchers look set to try to block Shabana Mahmood's plans despite her pleading that they are the only way to restore public faith and stop Reform.

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48 h. ago Granddaughter of "Charlotte's Web" author upset with use of its title in immigration crackdown

The Trump administration has a name for its immigration sweep in North Carolina’s largest city

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50 h. ago Over 130 immigrants arrested in North Carolina as agents swarm churches in deportation crackdown

Federal agents arrested at least 130 people within the first day of operations in North Carolina’s largest city

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50 h. ago Protests in Charlotte as aggressive immigration arrests continue

North Carolina governor says immigration crackdown ‘stoking fear’ as officials say at least 130 people detainedAggressive arrests by federal immigration agents continued in Charlotte on Monday after a weekend sweep in which authorities said they detained a total of at least 130 people in North Carolina’s largest city, as protests picked up.North Carolina’s governor, Josh Stein, on Monday warned that the crackdown was simply “stoking fear” and resulting in severe disruption. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Mahmood reveals asylum plan as Labour backlash grows over ‘dystopian’ immigration crackdown

Labour backbenchers accuse government of ‘chasing Reform’ with new measures

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57 h. ago How Labour’s controversial immigration crackdown could make Britain’s asylum rules among the toughest in Europe

Inspired by Denmark’s strict system on asylum seekers, Shabana Mahmood will unveil her own version in the Commons on Monday - but what will it mean, and what has the reaction been to it so far?

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61 h. ago Shabana Mahmood to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR in fresh immigration crackdown

Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals

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68 h. ago Labour to announce largest UK immigration overhaul in a generation

Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals

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2 d. ago Labour to overhaul human rights laws in bid to ramp up migrant deportations

Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals

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3 d. ago Home secretary condemns ‘mortifying’ Labour leadership row as Rayner allies forced to deny new plot

Labour party ‘fighting like rats in a sack’ as turmoil at top of government overshadows Shabana Mahmood’s immigration crackdown

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3 d. ago Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities

As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal government

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3 d. ago Shabana Mahmood’s immigration crackdown overshadowed by Labour leadership rumours

The home secretary said the fallout from anonymous briefings about an alleged coup against Sir Keir Starmer were ‘deeply mortifying’

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3 d. ago Shabana Mahmood vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers in Labour immigration crackdown

Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under radical asylum reforms

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3 d. ago MATT GOODWIN: Don't be fooled ...the Danish immigration crackdown that Labour wants to emulate has already been foiled by human rights judges

MATT GOODWIN: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will announce a suite of initiatives, which she will claim will drastically reduce illegal migration without requiring Britain to leave the ECHR

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