Trump administration ends funding for migrant children’s legal aid
President Trump’s administration on Friday ended a federal contract that provides legal representation to nearly 26,000 migrant children who entered the United States without a parent or guardian, a move…
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Deliberations begin in trial of migrant accused of molesting Lake Elsinore child
Jury deliberations got underway Monday in the trial of a 37-year-old Argentine national accused of sexually assaulting a Lake Elsinore girl multiple times over a nearly six-year span. Martin Ancamil…
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Trump’s address to Congress revived false immigration claims
WASHINGTON — During Trump’s campaign for president, he and his allies repeated misleading or false claims on immigration, including that then-President Biden had secretly flown migrants into the U.S., that FEMA used…
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A rancher on the border with Mexico celebrates Trump’s return
NACO, Ariz. — John Ladd sleeps better knowing Donald Trump is in the White House. Not just in some figurative sense. When Ladd lies his head down at his ranch house a…
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Federal prison officer ‘alarmed’ about ‘inhumane’ handling of migrants; senators want hearing
Two U.S. lawmakers have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold an “urgent” hearing about the Trump administration’s decision to hold detained migrants — many of whom are seeking asylum…
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How Mexico’s president has kept Trump at bay — for now
Mexico City — She has been unflappable as President Trump has fired off broadsides — threats to impose devastating tariffs, mass deportations and even a military campaign against what he called an…
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Immigrant rights activists vow to disrupt ICE raids in California
A band of largely left-leaning organizations has vowed to disrupt immigration enforcement operations in Southern California, as fear grows that officials will execute large-scale raids. Leaked documents provided to The…
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Migrants stranded in Mexico City hoping to reach U.S. have no good options
A sense of despair has engulfed the migrant camp of La Soledad, named after the colonial-era church that towers over the shantytown in downtown Mexico City. It was supposed to…
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Sending migrants to Gitmo will be a fiasco for Trump and everyone else
Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where the Trump administration has started sending people it describes as criminal migrants….
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Immigrants may be sent to shuttered ‘rape club’ prison, email says
The Trump administration appears to be considering a plan to send immigrants facing deportation to a recently shuttered federal prison so plagued by sexual abuse that it was known as…
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Libya discovers nearly 50 bodies in two mass graves amid ongoing migrant crisis – JURIST
Libyan authorities announced Monday that they found nearly 50 bodies in two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert, again driving home the persistent dangers faced by migrants seeking passage…
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Trump administration is also going after immigrants who live here legally. It has them terrified
WASHINGTON — Maria Eugenia Torres Ramirez never sought to reside in the United States illegally. A political activist from Venezuela who fiercely opposes President Nicolas Maduro, she approached border agents in Del…
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San Clement to ask border patrol to monitor cameras on beach 24/7
San Clemente leaders are working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to add cameras along the city’s beach and pier with the aim of apprehending people trying to enter the…
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ACLU sues Trump administration for ending asylum at southern border
The ACLU sued the Trump administration for shutting down most avenues to asylum, a move that has thrown the immigration system into chaos, sowed confusion at the southern border and…
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Mexican and Canadian presidents order tariffs on the U.S. after Trump starts trade war
WASHINGTON — President Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday, sending shock waves through the global supply chain and sparking fears of a disruptive trade war…
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Trump punishes Colombia for refusing entry to deportation flights
WASHINGTON — Facing another early challenge to his immigration policies, President Trump on Sunday ordered a 25% tariff on exports from Colombia and a travel ban on Colombian officials and “their…
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Mexico president reacts to Trump moves on immigration, border, cartels
MEXICO CITY — Mexico will not object to President Trump’s plan to force asylum seekers detained at the southwestern border to wait in Mexico until their cases are heard in U.S….
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Why Trump’s plan to deport millions won’t be effective
Will President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to “launch the largest deportation program in American history” truly keep millions of immigrants out of the country? My research on deportees over the last…
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November border crossings lowest seen in Biden administration
Unlawful border crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped to a four-year low, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with 46,610 people stopped between ports of entry in November….
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Will Trump send troops to Mexico? His ambassador pick worries officials there
One of the more surprising foreign policy ideas the Trump team has proposed on the eve of its ascension to power is military intervention in Mexico to go after drug…
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