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Venezuelan migrants deported from the US look out from an aircraft as they arrive in Maiquetia, Venezuela. Photo: Reuters
Venezuela

Venezuela received first high-level criminal among US deportees

Venezuela confirms a gang leader was among the latest batch of migrants deported from the US.

United States

Letters | A reminder to Trump: democracies perish one exception at a time

The Philippines

Trump’s immigration crackdown hits Filipino green card holder, sparking fears

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Israel-Gaza war

Rubio says he stripped visas from 300 ‘lunatics’ over university Gaza protests

The Trump administration has moved aggressively against foreign students over on-campus demonstrations, leading to some high-profile arrests.

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Activists hold a demonstration in New York on March 20 against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University. Photo: AFP
United States

US homeland security chief warns migrants in visit to El Salvador mega-jail

Kristi Noem’s trip to CECOT comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting the ‘worst of the worst’.

United States

Judge pauses US bid to detain Columbia student Yunseo Chung for deportation

Authorities are seeking to detain the green card holder under the same powers they used to target pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil.

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United States

Student protester who has lived in the US since 7 fights deportation threat

Yunseo Chung is a legal permanent US resident, but is being sought for removal proceedings for her ‘pro-Hamas protest’, US says.

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Columbia University campus on October 7, 2024. File photo: AFP
United States

Trump questions judge blocking Venezuelan deportations, citing ‘anti-Trump’ bias’

Trump attacked Judge James Boasberg for blocking Venezuelan deportations, claiming bias, just hours before a US court hears the appeal against the ruling.

Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela to resume US deportation flights after citizens sent to El Salvador

Caracas is seeking the return of its ‘kidnapped’ citizens, who were moved to a Salvadorean high-security facility by Trump’s administration.

United States

Trump terminates legal protection for 500,000 immigrants

Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation campaign in US history and curb immigration, mainly from Latin American nations.

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US President Donald Trump as he departs the White House for the Trump National Golf Club, in Washington. Photo: EPA-EFE
United States

Trump axes Biden’s ‘parole’ for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela

The order applies to about 532,000 people from the four countries who came to the United States since October 2022.

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A US flag flies at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US Department of Homeland Security has revoked legal protections for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. Photo: AP
Nordic nations

Denmark issues travel warning for transgender people going to US

Germany has also updated its travel advisory after several of its citizens were detained at the US border.

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South Africa

67,000 white South Africans express interest in Trump’s plan for refugee status

Trump’s executive order specifically refers to Afrikaners, a white minority group who are descendants of mainly Dutch and French settlers.

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US-China relations

House chair asks US universities to reveal info on Chinese nationals

Citing national security, head of select committee on China’s Communist Party targets Stanford, Carnegie Mellon and other top institutions.

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US government interest in the number of Chinese nationals at American universities and their types of research has intensified of late. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
Donald Trump

White House accuses US judges of ‘usurping’ Trump’s authority

Donald Trump and his allies escalate their attacks against judges who have ruled against his administration.

White House Press Secretary Karoline on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Music

US visa fee increases, delays make tours there ‘not worth it’ for artists

1,000-day waits for interviews. 8 months for processing. Higher fees. Visa applications are a headache for acts looking to tour the States.

Donald Trump

US Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump over call for judge’s impeachment

Roberts defends judiciary’s independence against Trump attacks, emphasises impeachment is not for judicial disagreements.

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Mexico

Mexico seeks to prevent US from deporting Mexicans to Guantanamo Bay

President Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexicans should be sent only to Mexico as US ramps up deportations.

Holding tents for detained migrants at the United States’ Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: US Navy via Reuters
Venezuela

Men deported to El Salvador by US denied due process, says Venezuelan lawmaker

The Trump administration used the Alien Enemies Act’s wartime powers to rapidly deport more than 200 alleged gang members.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Jasmine Mooney, the Canadian actress detained – and released – by ICE?

Canadian actress and entrepreneur Jasmine Mooney – who once starred in the American Pie franchise – says she was forced to stay awake ‘for 24 hours wrapped in chains’ during her detention.

United States

Trump guts Voice of America, museum, homelessness agencies

Voice of America is overseen by the US Agency for Global Media, which also funds Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.

US President Donald Trump holds an executive order about tariffs increase, flanked by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on February 13. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump asks US Supreme Court to intervene in bid to curb birthright citizenship

The American president’s day one order on citizenship for US-born children has been blocked nationwide by multiple federal judges.

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Demonstrators protest against US President Donald Trump’s policies in San Diego, California, in February. Photo: TNS
Indonesia

Trump’s crackdown leaves Indonesian immigrants in US ‘afraid to do anything’

As of November 2024, more than 4,000 Indonesians were on the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement removal list.

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US-China relations

US needs H-1B visas for tech race with China, says Democrat ‘glad’ Trump agrees

Highly skilled foreign workers cited as vital, especially in quantum computing, much to some Republicans’ chagrin.

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US Politics

US says holding migrants from 27 countries at Guantanamo Bay

US President Donald Trump has said detention facilities at Guantanamo would be expanded to hold as many as 30,000 people.

The migrant detention centre operates separately from the military’s detention centre. Photo: US Navy via Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Arrest of pro-Palestinian activist sparks outrage, Trump says ‘first of many’

US authorities have arrested a Palestinian recent graduate who played a leading role in last year’s pro-Gaza protests.

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Mahmoud Khalil’s detention drew outrage from civil rights groups and free speech advocates. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Trump administration launches new ‘self deport’ app

US President Donald Trump has vowed to deport record numbers of migrants in the US illegally.

United States

US Homeland Security names new ICE leadership, steps up lie detector tests

The US Department of Homeland Security is using polygraph exams on its own employees in an effort to find internal information leaks.

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