Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan has proposed spending millions of dollars to provide legal representation to immigrants looking to claim asylum in the United States, the vast majority of whom are reportedly facing deportation because they are in the country illegally.In fiscal year 2025, Whitmer would like to designate $8 million to provide legal assistance to immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. because they fear persecution in their home country. Some in her state have cheered the...
Analysis by Refugee Council reveals that even if government is successful in flying 2,000 people to Rwanda by end of year, a further 115,575 asylum seekers will be left stranded in UK
Homeland Security reported a slight drop in illegal immigrants trying to sneak in across the southern border in March, suggesting the department may have turned a corner in the border chaos that’s reined since the start of the Biden administration.
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Gaby Del Valle In Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, Jonathan Blitzer examines how North and Central American migration moves in two directions.
Getting the balance right in legal immigration is the key challenge of our time, and there are myriad medium- and long-term benefits to be seized
(Inside California Politics) — United States Senator Alex Padilla (D-California) joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss the Senate's vote to reject an impeachment trial for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "Sadly, it was a waste of time, a waste of energy, which should be better focused on actually solving the []
United Nations experts said airlines could be held responsible if human rights and international orders are violated.
Illegal Immigrants Use Speedboat To Invade California - Nearly Run Over Beachgoers In a scene reminiscent of the Chuck Norris film Invasion USA, a speedboat loaded with at least a dozen illegal immigrants ripped through the waters just off the coast of Carlsbad, California, nearly slamming into bathers and surfers as they landed and sprinted across the beach. Some migrants raced to nearby waiting vehicles which sped away, the rest walked off in broad daylight to mix with the...
As soon as I heard the news that Ecuadorian police had stormed the Mexican Embassy in Quito, arresting former vice president Jorge Glas, who had just been given diplomatic asylum, I was transported 50 years back in time. I myself had managed to take refuge in the Argentine Embassy in Santiago, Chile, to escape being More
(The Center Square) - Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday revealed details of a bill that would make illegal immigration a state crime. The bill creates the crime of impermissible occupation if a "person willfully and without permission enters and remains in the State of Oklahoma without having first obtained legal authorization to enter the United States," according to House Speaker Charles McCall and Senate Speaker Pro Tem Greg Treat. Anyone convicted of the crime...
There’s been much ado about northbound migration across the Mexico-US border – but some are moving in the other directionDon’t call Jym Varnadore an ex-pat.Yes, he and his wife, Renee Varnadore, are living abroad. But they left the United States in search of a quality of life that’s no longer in reach for them stateside. Now, the clear blue waters of Rosarito Beach are quickly becoming home. Continue reading