‘I saw him kill people:’ Libya and Italy’s shadowy migrant deals | Refugees
Libya’s Chief of Judicial Police, Osama “Al Masri” Njeem, returned to Libya on an Italian government plane after his arrest in Italy on January 19…
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…
Pope rebukes Trump administration, JD Vance over migrant deportations
ROME — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday of the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely…
Migrants welcomed under Biden fearful as Trump targets legal immigration programs
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…
Guatemala agrees to take third-country migrants deported from U.S.
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States, the second deportation…
Colombia’s president calls for migrants to leave jobs in U.S., return home
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s president is calling on his compatriots working without legal status in the United States to leave their jobs and return home as soon…
Senior Trump envoy travels to Venezuela for talks on migrants
CARACAS, Venezuela — A senior Trump administration official has traveled to Venezuela to urge President Nicolás Maduro’s government to take back deported migrants who’ve committed crimes in…
US arrests nearly 1,000 people in undocumented migrant crackdown
US immigration officials arrested nearly 1,000 people in a single day as a part of a sweeping nationwide operation. Source link
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…
Trump Slaps Tariffs, Sanctions on Colombia in Migrant Fight
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessPresident Donald Trump slapped tariffs and travel bans on Colombia on Sunday, after the South American country refused to allow two planes…
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…
At World Economic Forum, Trump threats overshadow talk of climate, free trade
DAVOS, Switzerland — The European Central Bank’s president responded Friday to President Trump’s accusation of unfair trade treatment by calling for negotiations and mutual respect rather…
Confusion, denial at border, as path to U.S. asylum shuts down
TIJUANA — Outside the white gates that secure the entry to this Tijuana customs facility, a steppingstone to U.S. soil, migrants sat on a sidewalk in…
Pentagon sending up to 1,500 active-duty troops to U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border, putting in motion plans President Trump laid out in…
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…
Here’s a closer look at the executive orders Trump has signed so far
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has begun his promised flurry of executive action on Day 1. With his first batch of memoranda and orders, Trump repealed…
Senate passes immigrant detention bill that could be the first measure Trump signs into law
WASHINGTON — Fresh off President Trump’s inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and…
Pope Francis calls Trump’s mass deportation plans ‘a disgrace’
ROME — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S.…
Trump Homeland Security pick Kristi Noem faces scrutiny from senators
WASHINGTON — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency central to his vision of cracking down on illegal immigration, faced senators…
What can Mexico do if Trump tries to mass deport non-Mexicans across border?
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have repeatedly vowed to welcome back their citizens should the incoming Trump administration proceed with threats of large-scale deportations. “It’s our…