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Six must-know immigration news stories
While immigration has been pushed off the front page by the war in the Middle East, the issue remains a hot-button one, especially as it relates to the broader national security funding package requested by President Joe Biden that includes aid to Israel, Ukraine, and border security. Here are six major headlines you…
How Trump would crack down on immigration in a second term
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, has promised to crack down on illegal immigration and restrict legal immigration if elected to a second term in office. Here are some of the policies under consideration: BORDER ENFORCEMENT Trump has said…
Ankle bracelets, curfews and criminal penalties in Labor response to release of immigration detainees | Australian immig…
The government will have the power to impose curfews and ankle bracelets on people released from immigration detention, and make it a criminal offence to breach visa conditions, in its response to the high court’s decision that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful. The home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, confirmed the suite of measures…
Sweeping raids, camps and mass deportations: Trump’s 2025 immigration plans
Former President Donald Trump is planning an extreme expansion of his first-term crackdown on immigration if he returns to power in 2025 — including preparing to round up people living in the United States without legal permission on a vast scale and detain them in sprawling camps while they wait to be expelled….
Providers hail immigration bill that seeks to reissue visas to healthcare pros
Federal lawmakers are trying again to push through immigration reform that would allow officials to recapture unused visas and reprocess them for nurses and other healthcare professionals. The legislation was applauded by provider groups who see the visas as a measure to offset the severe workforce crisis that is particularly harsh in nursing…