Los Angeles is a city of immigrants. It is also a city of unions. And in California, those two constituencies have essentially melded into one. So it should come as no surprise that federal immigration raids on workplaces around Los Angeles County this week set off the largest protests to date against President Trump’s immigration crackdown. On the first day …
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Afghans in Kentucky fear for future after Trump strips deportation protections
An Afghan refugee mother walks with her children to the school bus in Bowling Green, Kentucky, US, April 30, 2025. — Reuters Afghan asylum-seeker Wazir Khan Zadran and his family arrived in Kentucky nearly four years ago as the United States military withdrew from his country. Now, he worries about the future of his children, especially his girls, if they are …
Read More »Saudi resident Hajj violators to face deportation, 10-year ban
Muslim pilgrims attend Friday prayer at the Grand mosque ahead of annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 17, 2018. — Reuters Saudi Arabia has renewed its call for strict compliance with Hajj regulations, underscoring the importance of holding a valid permit to participate in the annual pilgrimage. The Saudi Ministry of Interior reiterated that …
Read More »EU proposes allowing deportation of asylum seekers to third countries
Migrants queue in a waiting area to be escorted to a registration office at the arrival centre for asylum seekers in Reinickendorf district, Berlin, Germany, October 6, 2023. — Reuters The European Union executive on Tuesday proposed amending EU law to allow member states to deport rejected asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection, a move rights …
Read More »U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia
Government lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to deport a Harvard scientist back to Russia, a country she fled in 2022, despite her fear that she will be arrested there over her protest of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, has been held in a Louisiana immigration detention …
Read More »Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say
A man lay on a New York City sidewalk with a gun shot wound, clutching his side. Emily Borghard, a social worker who hands out supplies to the homeless through her nonprofit, found him and pulled out her phone, preparing to dial 911. But the man begged her not to make the call, she said. “No, no, no,” he said, …
Read More »Here’s What 7 Americans Think of Trump’s First 100 Days
The first 100 days of President Trump’s second term have been a whirlwind of action, with the imposition of steep tariffs worldwide, the detention of immigrants and deep cuts to the federal work force. The New York Times has been talking with a group of voters who all cast their ballots in last November’s election with some trepidation. While they …
Read More »She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her
A shift in the atmosphere Ms. Petrova’s return flight from Paris landed in Boston on the evening of Feb. 16. As the plane sat on the tarmac, she texted back and forth with Dr. Peshkin, trying to confirm how she should handle the package in customs. But by then, the passengers were already filing off the plane, he said, and …
Read More »Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in case of Maryland man deported to El Salvador
Washington — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to intervene in an ongoing legal battle over a Maryland man who was mistakenly arrested and removed to El Salvador last month. The Justice Department’s request for emergency relief from the high court comes as it faces a court-ordered 11:59 p.m. deadline to return the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego …
Read More »Lawyer says client was flown from U.S. to Salvadoran mega-prison based on tattoos
Lawyer says client was flown from U.S. to Salvadoran mega-prison based on tattoos – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. sent 238 Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran mega-prison. The Trump administration says they’re all gang members, but 60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75 percent of them. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking …
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