56 h. ago Trump administration could deport immigrants to 58 other countries after Supreme Court opened door for swift removals

Diplomats have reportedly been offering payments and potential relief from Trump’s renewed travel ban to entice countries to take deported ‘third-country’ immigrants

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63 h. ago The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’

Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities ‘highlights the illegitimacy of actions’Some wear balaclavas. Some wear neck gators, sunglasses and hats. Some wear masks and casual clothes.Across the country, armed federal immigration officers have increasingly hidden their identities while carrying out immigration raids, arresting protesters and roughing up prominent Democratic critics. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago The country easing visa rules to draw people barred from US by Trump

The country is encouraging immigration even as the US seeks to restrict it

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3 d. ago Star Wars actor earns standing ovation for rousing speech condemning Trump’s ‘unfair’ immigration policy

‘The multiple times that this country has had to rebuild itself, immigrants were always there to pick up the slack,’ said Diego Luna in an powerful monologue

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1 week ago Millions expected at ‘No Kings’ protests before Trump’s military parade – live updates

‘No Kings’ protests across US come after a week of unrest over anti-immigration raids; Trump’s military parade to begin at 6.30pm ET in Washington DCA flagship No Kings march and rally are planned in Philadelphia, but no events are scheduled to take place in Washington DC, reports the Associated Press (AP). The demonstrations come on the heels of protests flaring up around the country over federal immigration enforcement raids that began last week and Donald Trump ordering national guard troops and marines to Los Angeles where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars on fire. Police responded with teargas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades while officials enforced curfews in Los Angeles and Democratic governors called Trump’s guard deployment “an alarming abuse of power” that “shows the Trump administration does not trust local law enforcement”.The White House’s escalating response to street protests echoes talk before Donald Trump’s inauguration of forcibly quelling resistanc...

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1 week ago Raids and fear cast a large shadow over Club World Cup’s big launch

Governing body cannot avoid the dark political backdrop to its tournament opening as Trump’s authorities flex their muscles“When Donald Trump came in the laws just changed and it’s hard for immigrants now you’ve got a lot of people being deported, people who have been in the United States for two decades. It’s not nice, it’s not right when someone who hasn’t committed a crime has to go back somewhere.“I just don’t respect somebody like [Trump] that deports so many people and hurts so many families this country was built on immigrants. Nobody’s from here.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Photos of Marines in combat gear in Los Angeles as protests against immigration raids continue

Marines have moved into Los Angeles to guard a federal building after a week of protests against immigration raids, while communities across the country are preparing for demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s polices this weekend.

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2 w. ago Hundreds of US marines arrive in LA as large protests are planned across US

Marines arrive on seventh day of protests in Los Angeles, after Trump’s earlier decision to send national guard troopsUS politics live – latest updatesFederal troops continued to be on duty in the streets of Los Angeles on Friday after a series of court rulings, and more arrived, with large protests planned in California and across the country this weekend against the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration raids and a big military parade in Washington DC.About 200 US marines arrived in LA on Friday morning. This followed Donald Trump’s extraordinary decision to deploy national guard troops to LA last weekend, over the objections of the governor of California, Gavin Newsom. The marines were to take over protecting a federal building, US Army Maj Gen Scott Sherman, who commands the taskforce of marines and national guardsmen, said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Members of international trafficking gang who smuggled people into UK in Vauxhall Vectras jailed

Mukhlis Jamal Hamadamin led a gang which smuggled illegal immigrants into the country stuffed into hidden compartments of Vauxhall Vectras

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2 w. ago Kilmar Ábrego García pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges

Wrongfully deported man expected to contest US prosecutors’ attempt to have him detained pending trialUS politics live – latest updatesKilmar Ábrego García, the man returned to the US last week after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, pleaded not guilty on Friday to criminal charges of taking part in a conspiracy to smuggle migrants into the United States.The Maryland man, 29, entered the plea at a hearing before US magistrate judge Barbara Holmes in Nashville, Tennessee. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to smuggling charges as wife tells supporters to ‘have faith’

Wife of Salvadoran immigrant at center of Trump’s deportation agenda relays his message from federal court

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2 w. ago Photos of immigration protests spreading across US as Trump mobilizes National Guard

Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids have spread across the country.

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2 w. ago Protests over immigration raids continue across the US with more planned

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids are flaring up around the country, and officials in cities from coast to coast are bracing for major demonstrations against President Donald Trump over the weekend

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2 w. ago Fake videos and AI chatbots drive disinformation about LA protests

As protests against Trump’s immigration raids spread across the country, machine-generated deepfakes spread by partisan outrage merchants are pouring fuel on the fire

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2 w. ago ‘We couldn’t have scripted this better’: The White House is thrilled with how events are unfolding in LA

Trump officials reportedly believe it has shown how Democrats are out of touch with country on law enforcement and immigration issues

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Trump and deportation protests: the king of confected emergencies | Editorial

Strongmen love inventing or exploiting crises to justify extreme measures and extended power. The US is taking another step towards authoritarianismDonald Trump will celebrate his birthday with a North Korean-style military parade costing tens of millions of dollars this weekend. He has gratefully accepted the early gift of the demonstrations, which have spread across the country, with more scheduled for Saturday. The president’s immigration crackdown spurred overwhelmingly peaceful protests in Los Angeles. Ordering in troops, over the governor’s head, then inflamed the situation and allowed the agent of chaos to portray himself as its nemesis once more.Mr Trump has diverted attention from his rift with Elon Musk, the stalling of his “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill, the court-ordered return of the wrongly deported Kilmar Ábrego García and the impending impact of tariffs. But underlying the manufactured crisis is a deeper agenda: reigniting fear of undocumented migrants, deleg...

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2 w. ago US cities brace for further protests as Pam Bondi says Trump administration ‘not scared to go further’ in LA – live

Rallies protesting against sweeping immigration raids spread across the country as Trump officials double down on shows of forceGovernor Greg Abbott has pledged to deploy National Guard troops across his state of Texas, becoming the first governor to do so as protests against Trump’s immigration raids spread throughout the United States.Abbott said on X that the Texas National Guard will “use every tool & strategy to help law enforcement maintain order”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Latest: Protests over immigration raids pop up across the US, with more planned this week

Protests against immigration enforcement raids have sprung up across the country from Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D

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2 w. ago AP PHOTOS: Protests over immigration raids spread beyond Los Angeles

Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids have begun to spread across the country, with more demonstrations planned.

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2 w. ago Protests increasing across the country as anger grows over Trump’s immigration crackdown

The protests continued to grow in response to Trump’s immigration crackdown

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