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Kana Liu, a Chinese Canadian living in the US on a work visa, felt compelled to speak up. Faced with a Department of Homeland Security proposal to charge up to US$100,000 in fees for international students to work in the US after graduation under Optional Practical Training (OPT), she rushed to the government’s public comment portal. “I firmly oppose the proposed $70,000 initial OPT fee and $30,000 subsequent fee,” she wrote on the federal comment site on October 12. “They create undue barriers...
US authorities raided the Washington, DC, home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar on Monday as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged immigration fraud, according to reports. The probe reportedly includes immigration paperwork completed by her late father when she was a child. Omar accused the Trump administration of using government institutions to target political opponents, describing the raid as an act of political intimidation. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson has the latests from Washington.
Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar’s home has been searched as part of an undisclosed ‘criminal investigation’.
The revamped Huanggang Port has officially opened after six years of redevelopment, becoming the first border checkpoint between Hong Kong and mainland China to use a “joint clearance” system for immigration. The facility, which opened at 6.30am on Monday, has replaced the old Huanggang Port in Shenzhen, which served city residents via a shuttle bus ride from the San Tin public transport interchange or private vehicles via the Lok Ma Chau control point. With immigration procedures for both the...
Peru's government checked the papers of 260 foreigners in a Trujillo raid on Friday 9 October, and 60 people found without legal status now face expulsion. The post Peru Moves to Expel 60 Foreigners After Trujillo Raid appeared first on The Rio Times.
Oscar Belgal, the 28-year-old man, survived the shooting and is now being held at a detention facility outside of New York, officials said.
Government reminds Trump administration that Indian professionals are “skilled contributors” to U.S. economy after U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance calls foreign workers “indentured servants”
Agentes de imigração dos Estados Unidos (EUA) atiraram e feriram um homem nessa quinta-feira (8) dentro de seu carro, na presença de uma criança, no bairro de Marble Hill, na cidade de Nova York, segundo o prefeito, a polícia municipal e testemunhas oculares. Agentes federais de imigração atiraram em pelo menos 21 pessoas desde que o presidente republicano Donald Trump voltou ao cargo, sete delas morreram, o que provocou protestos em todo o território dos EUA. Críticos afirmam que a pressão de Trump para intensificar as deportações levou a um número crescente de confrontos violentos e acusam o governo de se recusar a responsabilizar os agentes envolvidos. Trump tem dito que muitos imigrantes devem ser deportados, culpando-os, muitas vezes de forma generalizada, por fraudes financeiras e crimes violentos. “Relatos iniciais indicam que os agentes cercaram (o homem) e uma criança de 5 anos dentro do carro antes de dispararem vários tiros”, disse o prefeito de Nova York, Zohran Mamdani, em comunicado. “Estive ao telefone com o presidente Trump e com o secretário (de Segurança Interna) Mullin, negociando a libertação do homem baleado pelos agentes da Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Essas negociações não tiveram sucesso”, afirmou Mamdani em entrevista coletiva no final da noite. Ele disse ter pedido ao governo Trump que o ICE suspenda suas ações de fiscalização na cidade de Nova York. “Essas ações estão tornando a cidade menos segura”, declarou Mamdani. “Esta cidade quer que o ICE saia. Queremos o ICE fora da nossa cidade, das nossas escolas, dos nossos hospitais, fora das nossas ruas, longe das nossas crianças.” O prefeito disse que a criança que estava no carro não sofreu ferimentos físicos. A comissária da Polícia de Nova York Jessica Tisch afirmou que a Polícia de Nova York localizou a criança com um membro da família após verificação de bem-estar. O Departamento de Segurança Interna, órgão ao qual o ICE está vinculado, informou em comunicado que agentes do ICE estavam realizando uma “operação de fiscalização direcionada” no Bronx, em Nova York, para prender um homem da República Dominicana com antecedentes criminais. O homem, que teria 28 anos, havia sido preso duas vezes na cidade de Nova York em 2023 e 2025, segundo a comissária da NYPD, Tisch. “Durante o incidente, um agente do ICE disparou sua arma e o criminoso estrangeiro em situação irregular ficou ferido”, informou o Departamento de Segurança Interna, acrescentando que os agentes do ICE prestaram socorro imediato. “O indivíduo está vivo e em um hospital local.” *(Reportagem de Julia Harte e Kristina Cooke; Reportagem adicional de Jasper Ward e Ruchika Khanna) *É proibida a reprodução deste conteúdo.
US immigration agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a child present in the Marble Hill neighborhood of New York City, according to the mayor, city police and eyewitnesses. Federal immigration agents have shot at least 21 people since Republican President Donald Trump returned to office, 7 fatally, sparking protests across the US.
The Trump administration continues to crack down on immigration, with new restrictions on the H-1B visa programme. US Vice President JD Vance singled out Microsoft as having abused the system to recruit low-cost foreign workers, to the detriment of the American workforce. The tech giant has defended its hiring practices. Also in the show: Germany could join a UK-led fighter jet development programme, months after pulling out of a joint French project.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he would ask US President Donald Trump to remove federal immigration agents from the city as tensions flared over the latest shooting involving ICE. The New York Police Department said a man had been shot around 4pm in the Marble Hill neighbourhood of the Bronx during an altercation with federal agents. Mamdani and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) later confirmed that the shooting occurred during an operation of Immigration and Customs...
The US government is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several large IT firms from a programme that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency, senior US officials have announced, citing alleged fraud, and as part of an effort to push companies to hire more Americans. “Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” US Vice-President J.D. Vance said on Thursday. Vance said the programme required companies to advertise...
South Africa’s Black Business Council fears new US visa curbs could reach businesspeople who back economic transformation, not only officials. The post South African Business Fears US Visa Curbs appeared first on The Rio Times.
A 47-year-old Peruvian father of two died in ICE custody in Louisiana on 29 September. The cause is unknown, and his wife is now demanding answers. The post Peruvian Widow Seeks Answers on 29 September ICE Death appeared first on The Rio Times.
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese residents will have to register with immigration authorities on both sides of the border to use automated “joint clearance” channels at the revamped Huanggang Port crossing, with around 100,000 travellers a day expected to use the control point when operations begin. Hong Kong’s Immigration Department would deploy sufficient manpower to help passengers register at the checkpoint, assistant director Jacky Wong Ki said on Tuesday. “The whole registration process at...
Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has led to a controversial practice: deporting tens of thousands of asylum seekers to third countries. Among the most vulnerable are LGBT migrants, who are being sent to African countries where homosexuality is a crime. Maya-Anaïs Yataghène has the story.
More than 1,500 Hong Kong residents toured the revamped Huanggang Port border crossing on Sunday as authorities pushed ahead with preparations for its opening. A Security Bureau spokesman said that participants took franchised buses or cross-boundary coaches from various districts to reach the crossing and were shown the new port building in groups. “The event effectively enhanced participants’ understanding of the public transport arrangements, immigration and customs clearance and...
The Chinese embassy in Manila has expressed concern over the cases of two Hongkongers who have remained in custody in the Philippines for months despite being discharged from prison, according to the Immigration Department. The department confirmed on Friday night that it was handling the two cases following an appeal from a former lawmaker and a Hong Kong man who returned to the city on Tuesday after serving 26 years in a Philippine prison for drug offences. The returned Hongkonger, Tang...
The HLCDC, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar, was constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs on May 26 to study demographic changes arising from illegal immigration and other ‘abnormal’ reasons and recommend measures to address them; the committee’s terms of reference also require it to recommend an appropriate institutional mechanism for ‘population stabilisation’
The hikes are part of immigration policy changes introduced to manage Japan's growing foreign population.
When I first heard about the Hong Kong government’s plans to allow the importation of specially qualified carers to look after the elderly, my mind turned to some colloquial English expressions. The first was “set the cat among the pigeons”, which basically means to say or do something that causes a good deal of trouble, alarm, anger or controversy in a peaceful situation. The immediate trigger for this thinking was a brief reference in Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s policy address to the...
Despite government warnings and efforts to release dozens of Indian recruits from contracts, Indians continue to travel to Russia and join the conflict, lured by job offers, hopes of migration, and misled by recruiters
ICE arrests of Cubans rose 463% from late 2024 to early 2026, as US agents move from loud raids to quick street arrests and local police deals, reports say. The post ICE Arrests of Cubans Up 463% as US Agents Shift to Quieter, Wider Tactics appeared first on The Rio Times.
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own while it considers the legality of the practice. The court’s conservative majority temporarily blocked safeguards requiring deportees to receive notice of where they would be sent and time to raise persecution concerns.
October 2026 marks 10 years since the Calais "Jungle" in northern France was dismantled by French police. The camp was home to thousands of migrants who wanted to cross the Channel and reach the UK. A decade on, migrants continue to dream of reaching British shores and the "Jungle" has been replaced by many smaller jungles scattered along the northern French coastline. FRANCE 24's Pauline Godart, Claire Paccalin and Mohamed Farhat report.
In Ceuta, Spanish police discovered 28 undocumented migrants hiding in flats that did not meet adequate hygiene and habitability standards. Ceuta is facing a humanitarian crisis, weeks after more than 70,000 people reached the enclave from Morocco.
A far-right activist who had led protests against migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has been arrested for allegedly slashing a dinghy in the water, police said Thursday. The incident comes as agitators against immigration adopt a confrontational new tactic of trying to stop the boats landing on England’s shores, clashing with police and rescuers in the process. A video posted on Tuesday on social media appears to show Daniel Thomas, 37, taking a knife to an inflatable boat,...
A Venezuelan national shot and wounded by a US immigration agent in Texas was jailed with the bullet still inside his body, his lawyer said Monday. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, told reporters he was delivering an order for DoorDash on Sunday when his vehicle was rammed by an ICE agent and he was shot. “I’m in a lot of pain because the shot fractured my clavicle and at the hospital where they took me they couldn’t remove the bullet because it’s close to the spinal cord … I’m not doing very...
Police said the operations are part of a continuing drive following a Union Home Ministry circular dated May 2, 2025