5 d. ago Kristi Noem and DHS quietly remove list of Sanctuary cities just days after its launch on web after GOP outcry

Cities and states across the U.S. were targeted on the list, including those that claimed to be outspoken supporters of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies

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6 d. ago List of 'sanctuary jurisdictions' removed from US government website

A list of more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” no longer appears in the Department of Homeland Security’s website after receiving criticism for including localities that have actively supported the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies

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8 d. ago Trump's list of 'sanctuary jurisdictions' includes some that support his immigration policies

Officials in communities from rural to urban and red to blue have blasted the Trump administration’s recently-published list of “sanctuary jurisdictions.”

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8 d. ago DHS publishes a list of 500 sanctuary cities for ‘obstructing the enforcement’ of Trump’s deportation plans

The list of sanctuary jurisdictions includes cities, countries and states across the U.S.

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2 w. ago Trump vowed to help US farmers. These four say his policies are ‘wreaking havoc’

Farm country voted for Trump in 2024, but many of his actions – from tariffs to federal cuts – are hurting growersDonald Trump may have won the votes of the US’s most farming-dependent counties by an average of 78% in the 2024 election. But the moves made by his administration in the past few months – imposing steep tariffs, immigration policies that target the migrant labor farmers rely on, and canceling a wide range of USDA programs – have left many farmers reeling.“The policies of the Trump administration are wreaking havoc on family farmers. It’s been terrible,” said John Bartman, a row crop farmer in Illinois. Bartman is owed thousands of dollars for sustainable practices he implemented on his row crop operation as part of the USDA’s Climate-Smart program. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Pedro Pascal addresses Trump’s immigration policies as he recalls his own refugee journey

‘I want people to be safe and to be protected,’ actor said

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3 w. ago Republicans say they want more American babies – but which kind?

Trump administration policies on immigration, families, and children have been pockmarked by all kinds of contradictionsSome of the children were too young to stand on their own. Instead, they sat on their parents’ knees or in their parents’ arms, waving American flags. Many of them seemed confused about what, exactly, was even happening.But these kids were in the midst of making history: their families were among the first to take advantage of Donald Trump’s February executive order granting white South Africans refugee status in the United States, on the grounds that Afrikaner landowners – who make up just 7% of South Africa’s population yet, decades after the end of apartheid, control about half of its land – are facing persecution. While the doors to the US refugee program have been slammed shut to virtually everyone else, these Afrikaners showed up in the US earlier this week, their refugee status promising a path to US citizenship. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Labour's taking us all for fools: Starmer ridiculed over immigration 'crackdown' with no cap on numbers, recycled policies

Sir Keir Starmer was accused of 'taking the public for fools' as he proposed an immigration crackdown - after years of backing open borders.

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3 w. ago UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs, Starmer says

PM unveils policies to ‘significantly’ drive down net migration including English tests and degree requirementsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK risks becoming an “island of strangers” without tougher immigration policies, Keir Starmer has said, as official estimates show there could be 100,000 fewer migrants every year under new policies outlined on Monday.The prime minister said his government would “take back control of our borders” and close the book on a “squalid chapter” of rising inward migration as he unveiled a radical crackdown. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Modern slavery victims opt to stay with exploiters for fear of deportation, research finds

Exclusive: Act found to be failing as hostile immigration policies deter trafficking victims from seeking helpModern slavery victims are choosing to stay with their exploiters rather than access government support designed to protect them for fear of immigration enforcement, research has found.The independent anti-slavery commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, said the system was “deeply broken”. Continue reading...

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