Editor’s note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA immigration team: ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com. Historical precedent, legal questions swirl around Trump plan to detain migrants at Guantanamo The Trump administration’s expansion of migrant detention facilities, notably its use of the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, … Read more
PENTAGON — The top U.S. homeland security official got a firsthand look at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, visiting the U.S. naval base in Cuba on Friday, posting video of what appears to be a third flight of “high-threat illegal aliens” to arrive at the facility. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shared details of … Read more
BANGKOK — The head of a Thai parliamentary committee that oversees border affairs and refugee camp officials told VOA the suspension by the United States of refugee admissions has halted a resettlement deal the U.S. struck with Thailand last year to take in thousands of Myanmar families. About 90,000 refugees from Myanmar are in Thailand … Read more
PENTAGON — The top U.S. homeland security official was set to get a firsthand look at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, visiting the U.S. naval base in Cuba a day after sending a second flight of “high-threat illegal aliens” to be held there. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the trip Friday in a … Read more
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers, currently responding to deadly wildfires in California, have been instructed to change their vocabulary around gender and immigration, according to an email obtained by 404 Media. The email, sent by the Trump administration, directs employees to stop calling undocumented immigrants “migrants” and refer to them as “aliens”, instead. … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump’s immigration strategy is not just about making arrests but more of what’s shown through “visuals”. “The visuals are important,” a White House official told Axios. The strategy is designed in such a way to discourage undocumented people from staying in the United States Of America. “We’ve been elected on a campaign … Read more
Tom Homan, US President Donald Trump’s border czar, has reacted to Selena Gomez’s anguish over recent mass deportation raids carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The singer-actress, whose father is Mexican, shared an emotional Instagram video on Monday, describing the arrests as an attack on “all my people.” In the video, Ms Gomez … Read more
New York: Sikh community leaders have said that there have been no raids on Gurdwaras contradicting reports in some Indian media. Sukhjinder Singh Nijjar, who was at New York’s Richmond Hill Gurdwara, a major Sikh centre, on Sunday said the prayer services were conducted reverently and there was no interference by anyone. There were no … Read more
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies would likely have devastating effects on Corporate America’s growth and earnings, but investors haven’t been perturbed yet – largely because they don’t believe he’ll follow through on the full extent of his plans. It’s a gamble that would be costly to lose, strategists and analysts say, with mass deportations likely … Read more
Billionaire Elon Musk has once again called for strict border control and immigration policies after a journalist reported a double murder allegedly by a migrant in Germany. The post that prompted Musk’s statement detailed a horrifying crime in Germany. The journalist on X shared, “Yesterday a two-year-old and a man of 41 was stabbed to … Read more
Washington: The US Justice Department has threatened local and state authorities with prosecution if they fail to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, which include a pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. Citing a constitutional clause concerning division of power, acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove said in a memorandum that “federal law … Read more