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Following an executive order on immigration made at the beginning of the year, by the new US President, Donald Trump, the country’s immigration service allegedly became more aggressive creating anxiety for some travellers. Initially, Nigerians believed they were not likely to be hurt by the plan not just because its enforcement was blocked by federal courts but because the revised order did not include Nigeria among the seven countries on the target list.

Asylum case likely to set precedent for Cubans, following end to wet foot, dry foot policy

An elderly Cuban couple is expected to remain in detention while a judge who presided over their asylum hearing Friday makes a final determination on their fate. Aquilino Caraballo and Georgina HernA ndez, 67 and 64, have been held in separate facilities since they were taken into custody on Jan. 13 at Miami International Airport, a day after the former Obama administration announced an end to the immigration policy known as “wet foot, dry foot.”

Advocates doubt Trump administration will act to stem flow of migrants across Canada-U.S. border

The crossing of migrants into Canada that has now become a thorny issue on the U.S.’s northern frontier was certainly not on horizon until recently. As the new administration trumpeted its new ironfisted approach toward immigrants and refugees, the public and media attention focused on the wall to be built between the United States and Mexico, as well as the executive orders to keep Muslims out.

Canada has adequate resources to deal with asylum-seekers: Goodale

Several federal agencies are planning for the possibility that warmer weather will bring even more people trying to cross the border A woman walks towards the border to cross at the U.S.-Canada border after arriving in a taxi with a group that claimed to be from Syria into Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada March 2, 2017. OTTAWA – Canada’s national police force and border watchdog say they have the resources they need – for now – to deal with the influx of people entering the country illegally in search of asylum, the federal minister in charge said Tuesday.

Under pressure, Cabinet braces for discussion on border-jumpers that…

Federal cabinet ministers are set for an in-depth discussion this week of the practical and political pressures being placed on the Liberal government by a rising number of asylum seekers in Canada. Border security, RCMP and immigration officials have been running scenarios to prepare for the possibility that a relative winter trickle of illegal immigration into Canada could turn into a spring flood.

From Ashfield pigeons to President Trump’s endorsement: the rise of Nick Adams

A decade ago Nick Adams’ attention was occupied by quotidian debates about speed limits on inner-west streets, portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Ashfield’s pigeon population.Now, the former Sydney councillor and Young Liberal operator finds himself at the centre of US President Donald Trump’s campaign to overhaul America’s immigration system. Mr Adams, a former Ashfield councillor cum motivational speaker on American values, won warm praise from Mr Trump on Saturday for his recent book, Green Card Warrior.

From Ashfield pigeons to President Trump’s endorsement: the rise of Nick Adams

A decade ago Nick Adams’ attention was occupied by quotidian debates about speed limits on inner-west streets, portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Ashfield’s pigeon population.Now, the former Sydney councillor and Young Liberal operator finds himself at the centre of US President Donald Trump’s campaign to overhaul America’s immigration system. Mr Adams, a former Ashfield councillor cum motivational speaker on American values, won warm praise from Mr Trump on Saturday for his recent book, Green Card Warrior.

Indonesians shocked by Trump, but still admire US values

Indonesians are by turns shocked and bemused by Donald Trump’s volatile presidency, but many in the world’s most populous Muslim nation say his personality and actions – including his controversial travel ban – haven’t changed their positive view of the United States. There is a reservoir of goodwill in Indonesia toward the U.S., which Indonesians often see as a beacon for values they hope will flourish in their own country.

Most asylum seekers slip into B.C. through Peace Arch Park

Approximately 80 per cent of refugee claimants to B.C. cross the Canada-U.S. border through Peace Arch Park, in Surrey. The surge of asylum seekers walking across the Canada-U.S. border, in Surrey B.C., accounts for 80 per cent of the people who have made refugee claims in Vancouver, B.C., since April 2016.

Dramatic photos show asylum seekers crossing into Canada

Heartbreaking photos show asylum seekers flooding into Canada from the US across unmanned borders every day amid fears of Trump’s crackdown on immigration As of February 13, some 3,800 people had made an asylum claim in 2017, up from the same period last year Heartbreaking photos show asylum seekers flooding into Canada across unmanned borders every day from the United States amid fears of a Donald Trump presidency. The number of asylum seekers crossing into Canada at isolated and unguarded border crossings has increased in recent weeks as many believe Trump will start expelling illegal immigrants.

South Africa anti-immigrant protests erupt in capital

Police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannon Friday as the latest wave of anti-immigrant protests broke out in South Africa’s capital, while President Jacob Zuma condemned anti-foreigner violence and appealed for calm. “We don’t have hate! We don’t have hate!” one foreign man shouted in video posted by local broadcaster eNCA.

South Africa anti-immigrant protests erupt in capital

Police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannon Friday as the latest wave of anti-immigrant protests broke out in South Africa’s capital, while President Jacob Zuma condemned anti-foreigner violence and appealed for calm. “We don’t have hate! We don’t have hate!” one foreign man shouted in video posted by local broadcaster eNCA.

Homeland Security chief: No use of military for deportations

Seeking to tamp down growing unease in Latin America, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pledged Thursday that the United States won’t enlist its military to enforce immigration laws and that there will be “no mass deportations.”   Only hours earlier, President Donald Trump suggested the opposite.

Mexico tells Trump team the president is making them nervous 0:0

Mexico’s foreign minister told Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly that his country has “concerns” about Mexicans living in the US as Washington ramps up its deportation policies. “Our concerns are about the rights of Mexicans living in the US – the civil rights of Mexicans in the US,” said Luis Videgaray on Thursday after meeting with the two US officials in Mexico City.

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Moments after he was deported, a Mexican man jumped to his death off…

Guadalupe Olivas Valencia was surrounded by cars and surveillance cameras as he made his last, desperate attempt to cross the border from Tijuana, Mexico into the U.S. on Monday. Passing through the car lanes of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere, his odds of making it past immigration authorities were slim.

US envoy Tillerson in Mexico to soothe ties

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Mexican leaders on Thursday to try to calm a row over President Donald Trump’s trade and immigration policies. Trump has outraged Mexico by vowing to build a wall along the border to keep out migrants, whom he branded rapists and criminals during his presidential campaign.

South Africa, Refugees, and Populism

Foreign men from Malawi queue to board buses from a camp for those affected by anti-immigrant violence in Chatsworth north of Durban, April 18, 2015. Rosettenville, a suburb of Johannesburg, was the site of the February 11-12 burning of buildings alleged to have been used by “prostitutes and drug dealers.”

680 Cubans returned home since end of ‘wet foot, dry foot’

” About 680 Cubans have been returned to the island from various countries since then-President Barack Obama ended a longstanding immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who made it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, state television reported Friday. Cuba’s government had long sought the repeal of the “wet foot, dry foot” policy, which it said encouraged Cubans to risk dangerous voyages and drained the country of professionals.

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As some cities reaffirm support for sanctuary policies that protect immigrants, Phoenix finds itself in an unusual position to push back against any immigration actions by the new White House. The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday will discuss a petition to adopt the sanctuary label, following the lead of Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and others in a city with one of the nation’s largest populations of immigrants in the country illegally.

Mexico warns citizens of ‘new reality’ after undocumented mom deported from Arizona

Mexico warns citizens of ‘new reality’ after undocumented mom deported from Arizona The mother of two American-born children came to U.S. in 1996 at the age of 14. Check out this story on scsun-news.com: http://usat.ly/2kuFW86 She committed a felony in 2008, but her attorneys say it wasn’t until President Donald Trump took a hard line on immigration enforcement policies that she was deported, separating her from her two children. Jacqueline Rayos Garcia, the daughter of Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos protests outside ICE headquarters in Phoenix on Feb. 8, 2017.

Mexico warns citizens of ‘new reality’ after undocumented mom deported from Arizona

Mexico warns citizens of ‘new reality’ after undocumented mom deported from Arizona The mother of two American-born children came to U.S. in 1996 at the age of 14. Check out this story on scsun-news.com: http://usat.ly/2kuFW86 She committed a felony in 2008, but her attorneys say it wasn’t until President Donald Trump took a hard line on immigration enforcement policies that she was deported, separating her from her two children. Jacqueline Rayos Garcia, the daughter of Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos protests outside ICE headquarters in Phoenix on Feb. 8, 2017.

San Diego, Tijuana mayors extol virtues of cross-border ties

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, left, and Tijuana, Mexico, Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum discuss the benefits of cross-border ties at a news conference at San Diego City Hall, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The mayors of the largest metropolitan area on the U.S.-Mexico border called for stronger binational ties, striking a sharp contrast with U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to build a wall and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Hollande calls on EU leaders to refuse ‘pressure’ from US

Valletta, Feb 4 – French President Francois Hollande called on European Union leaders to refuse any pressure from the US administration and to reflect a complete independence on its future, particularly on defence, trade and its relations with Russia. Hollande did not rule out the possibility of a multi-speed Europe when addressing the press during the European Union informal summit here, Xinhua news agency reported.

Australian leader faces long-term risk after ‘Donald Thump’ call on refugees

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull might receive a short-term boost after his infamous phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump but is likely to be the long-term political loser, analysts and rights advocates said on Friday. Languishing in opinion polls and vulnerable to attacks from within his own conservative party, Turnbull at least woke on Friday to domestic media praise for his perceived statesmanship for refusing to go into details about the call, during which Trump berated him over a refugee resettlement deal.