News Muncher - category immigration

1 day, 14 hours ago

Column: Trump’s promised deportations are on a collision course with a California economy built on hypocrisy

LA Times

This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural, construction and hospitality industries humming. Can’t get more essential than that.” In the mid-1980s, when he managed cantaloupe fields, federal government pilots would fly small planes over the state’s cropland looking for large crews of workers, he recalled. The pilots would radio information about …

Immigration Work Border Patrol Workers Country Del This Country

1 day, 22 hours ago

Hungary’s Orbán blames immigration and EU for the deadly attack in Germany

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Saturday drew a direct link between immigration and an attack in Germany where a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least five people and injuring 200 others. Still, the nationalist leader declared that “there is no doubt that there is a link” between migration and …

Europe Germany German Hungary Orbán Immigration Policies

2 days, 16 hours ago

Oregon sheriff concerned about letters asking people to track possible immigrants

Associated Press

LINCOLN CITY, Ore. — A sheriff in Oregon says he has contacted the FBI and is increasingly concerned about a letter circulating in his rural, coastal community asking people to write down the license plate numbers of possible immigrants. The sheriff’s office said it was committed to upholding Oregon’s sanctuary law, which prohibits local police in most cases from inquiring …

Law Office Oregon Immigrants Letter Sheriff Landers

3 days, 22 hours ago

Keir Starmer says there's NOTHING he would do differently about Labour's disastrous first six months in power - as he admits he doesn't want to bring down immigration too quickly

Daily Mail

Keir Starmer today insisted there is nothing he would do differently from his disastrous first six months in power. The bizarre stance came after Sir Keir's premiership was rocked by the freebies furore and the humiliating departure of his chief of staff Sue Gray. Keir Starmer today insisted there is nothing he would do differently from his disastrous first six …

Labour Keir Starmer Keir Sir Keir

3 days, 22 hours ago

Advocates train immigrants to ‘prepare to stay’ in the US under Trump

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Winston Leiva rattles off a long list of things immigrants should do to protect themselves against President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to conduct mass deportations when he returns to the White House. “The truth is we don’t know to what extent it will affect us.” The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights meeting, in a conference room decorated with …

Immigration Legal Trump Legal Services Advocates Administration Chicago

3 days, 22 hours ago

Immigration drives US population growth to highest rate in 23 years as residents pass 340 million

Associated Press

Immigration in 2024 drove U.S. population growth to its fastest rate in 23 years as the nation surpassed 340 million residents, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. As it has been throughout the 2020s, the South was the fastest growing region in the United States in 2024, adding more new residents — 1.8 million people — than all the other …

Growth Immigration Population States South 2024 Million

4 days, 3 hours ago

Trump’s promise of mass deportation throws undocumented Texans into fear, uncertainty

Raw Story

"Trump’s promise of mass deportation throws undocumented Texans into fear, uncertainty" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. “Texas will be ground zero for targeting immigrants.” The Tribune spoke with some of those undocumented Texans in Fort Worth, …

Family Immigration Trump Texas Deportation Mexico Fear

4 days, 10 hours ago

Trump's border czar doesn't believe birthright citizenship is enshrined in Constitution

Raw Story

Donald Trump’s incoming border czar doubled down on the president-elect’s promise to end birthright citizenship when he returns to the White House and said Wednesday night he doesn't believe it is even constitutionally protected. Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief Tom Homan, who Trump picked as his next border policy adviser, received immediate pushback during a CNN appearance when he …

Constitution Citizenship Trump United States Homan Birthright Citizenship

4 days, 14 hours ago

End of road for Indians looking to enter US via Canada?

India Today

The illegal Canadian route that thousands of Indians take each year in pursuit of the American Dream might lead to a dead end. Trump and his aides have criticised the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for lax security on the US-Canada border, which they say has allowed unhindered flow of immigrants and drugs into the US. While the Southern …

Canada Border Trump Illegal Immigration Trudeau Minister Route

4 days, 14 hours ago

A key Trump ally on immigration explains how mass deportations could work

LA Times

A Kansas official who is an informal advisor to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on immigration issues doesn’t expect mass deportations to prompt arrests of migrants at sensitive locations such as schools and churches. Kobach: “Whatever the Trump administration does will certainly be litigated because it’s one of those hot-button issues.” “I believe that the Trump administration has every intention …

Immigration Trump Ice Administration Immigrants State Ally

4 days, 15 hours ago

ICE’s $230 million budget shortfall might delay Trump’s mass deportation plans

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President-elect Donald Trump could face major funding obstacles with his …

Trump Ice Deportation Mass Inside Washington Washington Email Agency

5 days, 14 hours ago

Some parts of Trump’s deportation plan may be ‘Obama-esque.’ There’s a reason for that

CNN

Washington CNN — President-elect Donald Trump promised mass deportation on the campaign trail, and while the scale of it remains vague, the elements of the plan are an unlikely call back to former President Barack Obama who was billed the “deporter-in-chief” by Democrats and immigrant advocates. Trump’s plans also include bringing back family detention, which has been widely criticized by …

Border Trump Detention Ice Deportation Term Biden

Canada unveils border security plan presented to Trump with focus on surveillance

India Today

Four Canadian ministers publicly unveiled on Tuesday a border security plan they had privately presented to US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, with an emphasis on surveillance, intelligence and technology. Canadian ministers had an "encouraging" meeting with Trump's border czar Tom Homan, Public Safety, Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters. LeBlanc and his colleagues announced on Tuesday …

Canada Trump Border Security Trudeau Minister Miller Canadian

5 days, 14 hours ago

San Diego politicians want to block Trump deportations. The sheriff refuses, sparking immigration battle

LA Times

Pedro Rios of the American Friends Service Committee tidies up the area located near a tent containing food and supplies used to comfort and aid people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez said her office won’t comply with the county’s policy and would continue to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials when some people not …

Law Policy Law Enforcement Trump Enforcement Ice California

5 days, 19 hours ago

'Not going to cooperate': Border state sheriffs throw wrench in Trump’s deportation plan

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump's advisers have been hoping county sheriffs in border states will assist with the incoming administration's mass deportation campaign. And Yuma County, Arizona Sheriff Leon Wilmot told WIRED that the Supreme Court has already established that enforcing immigration law is outside the jurisdiction of local police departments and sheriffs' offices. I've got cases that are open.” Other border …

Law Immigration Trump Immigration Law Ice Deportation County

6 days, 12 hours ago

Trump for Dummies

Hindustan Times

Hello and welcome to the Donald J. Trump School of Politics and Public Policy! Always bear in mind the key insight of Mr Trump’s mentor, the red-baiting lawyer Roy Cohn: “I bring out the worst in my enemies, and that’s how I get them to defeat themselves.” Mr Trump’s opponents forgot or ignored that the previous “largest deportation program of …

Immigration Border Trump Illegal Immigration Mexico Democrats Method

6 days, 13 hours ago

'Ill-suited': Columnist warns Kamala Harris against making 'mistake' in 2026

Raw Story

An MSNBC columnist poured cold water Monday on any notions that Vice President Kamala Harris run again for president. "She remains undecided herself, unsure how to channel feelings she has, for now, worked into stock lines like 'you haven’t seen the last of me,' and "I’m not going quietly into the night' repeated to supporters who ask her what’s next," …

Harris

6 days, 14 hours ago

Letters to the Editor: How the U.S. is messing up on immigration

LA Times

Roofing company workers assemble to shovel snow off a building on Dec. 3 in Mammoth Lakes. Why aren’t there articles about farm and restaurant owners applying for work visas, nonimmigrant NAFTA Professional visas, or other employment visas for their employees? To the editor: In light of President-elect Donald Trump’s push for mass deportation, the view on immigrants has become dehumanizing …

Immigrants Mass Deportation

6 days, 15 hours ago

'Alarming': Expert says Dems went from leading key issue to being 'under Trump's boot'

Raw Story

Democratic strategist Frank Sharry sounded the alarm in a Bulwark interview released Monday that Democrats let themselves be completely rolled on immigration by Donald Trump. Sharry, who elaborated on his feelings in an Atlantic article he co-authored with former Obama administration strategist Cecilia Muñoz, said that just a decade ago Democrats had broad public backing on the issue. "Let's start …

Immigration Trump Democrats Issue Way Republicans Sharry

Who is Aravind Srinivas, Indian-origin CEO backed by Elon Musk for a green card?

Firstpost

Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of the AI search engine Perplexity AI, has waited for his green card status for three years. Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of AI search engine Perplexity AI, asked on X if he should get a green card. Billionaire entrepreneur and X owner Elon Musk responded with a simple “Yes.” A green card, formally known …

Immigration Indian Green Musk Elon Musk Card Elon

1 week ago

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about immigration, tariffs and global conflicts

CNN

Washington CNN — President-elect Donald Trump made numerous false claims in a Monday news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Conflict under Trump: Trump repeated his familiar false claim that there were “no wars” during his presidency, this time saying, “Think of it: four years ago, we had no wars.” In fact, there were dozens of unresolved wars and …

Europe China Inflation Conflicts Trump False Claims Wars

1 week ago

When it comes to immigration, Labour can only blame its inheritance from the Tories for so long

The Independent

When Sir Keir Starmer unveiled six policy milestones in his “plan for change” this month, any targets to reduce legal and illegal migration were conspicuous by their absence. Successive prime ministers from David Cameron onwards promised to reduce legal migration, and Rishi Sunak impaled himself on a painful hook by pledging to “stop the boats” crossing the English Channel. The …

Labour Small Keir Sir Keir Tories Legal Migration

1 week, 1 day ago

Major overhaul being planned for H-1B visa programme: What we know so far

Hindustan Times

A comprehensive regulatory overhaul of the United States' H-1B visa programme is currently being reviewed by the White House Office of Information of Regulatory Affairs, as per a report in Bloomberg Law. Last year, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued draft regulations to adjust the eligibility criteria, including degree requirements, for the specialty occupation visas used primarily by the …

Visa

1 week, 1 day ago

Elon Musk’s quick response to Indian-origin CEO green card dilemma sparks a social media frenzy

India TV News

In a world where tech billionaires often exchange nuanced commentary, sometimes the most profound insights come in the form of a single, well-timed word. Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of Perplexity AI, shared his ongoing struggle with the US green card system, having waited for three long years. His reply left the social media world in a whirlwind, as netizens …

Social Media Green Elon Musk Card Us Immigration Srinivas Perplexity Ai

Filters

Articles for Immigration

Column: Trump’s promised deportations are on a collision course with a California economy built on hypocrisy

Hungary’s Orbán blames immigration and EU for the deadly attack in Germany

Oregon sheriff concerned about letters asking people to track possible immigrants

Keir Starmer says there's NOTHING he would do differently about Labour's disastrous first six months in power - as he admits he doesn't want to bring down immigration too quickly

Advocates train immigrants to ‘prepare to stay’ in the US under Trump

Immigration drives US population growth to highest rate in 23 years as residents pass 340 million

Trump’s promise of mass deportation throws undocumented Texans into fear, uncertainty

Trump's border czar doesn't believe birthright citizenship is enshrined in Constitution

End of road for Indians looking to enter US via Canada?

A key Trump ally on immigration explains how mass deportations could work

ICE’s $230 million budget shortfall might delay Trump’s mass deportation plans

Some parts of Trump’s deportation plan may be ‘Obama-esque.’ There’s a reason for that

Canada unveils border security plan presented to Trump with focus on surveillance

San Diego politicians want to block Trump deportations. The sheriff refuses, sparking immigration battle

'Not going to cooperate': Border state sheriffs throw wrench in Trump’s deportation plan

Trump for Dummies

'Ill-suited': Columnist warns Kamala Harris against making 'mistake' in 2026

Letters to the Editor: How the U.S. is messing up on immigration

'Alarming': Expert says Dems went from leading key issue to being 'under Trump's boot'

Who is Aravind Srinivas, Indian-origin CEO backed by Elon Musk for a green card?

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about immigration, tariffs and global conflicts

When it comes to immigration, Labour can only blame its inheritance from the Tories for so long

Major overhaul being planned for H-1B visa programme: What we know so far

Elon Musk’s quick response to Indian-origin CEO green card dilemma sparks a social media frenzy