In call with Australian leader, Trump badgers and brags – Wed, 01 Feb 2017 PST

In this May 8, 2016, file photo, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Turnbull said Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed during a weekend telephone conversation to keep an Obama administration promise to resettle an undisclosed number of mostly Muslim refugees held on the impoverished nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea.

Ex-NHS Digital chief ‘pressured to pass immigrants data to May’s Home Office’

Kingsley Manning said the NHS body has been forced to hand over data that the Home Office would find useful since 'at least' 2005 The former head of NHS Digital has said he was put under "immense pressure" by the Home Office under Theresa May to release data on immigrants despite questioning the legality. Kingsley Manning said he was challenged for "daring" to question if there was a legal basis for handing over confidential patient data which would help the Home Office trace suspected illegal immigrants.

Breaking UPDATE: 16 suspected illegal immigrants found in lorry detained + driver arrested

SIXTEEN men discovered in the back of a lorry outside an Oxfordshire Tesco store have been detained by immigration officials and the driver arrested, police have confirmed. Thames Valley Police has now revealed that it was called by one of the men onboard the lorry, and then asked South Central Ambulance Service to attend the scene as well.

Trump Replaces Heads of Department of Justice and Customs Enforcement

Donald Trump replaced the acting chiefs of the Department of Justice and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Monday night in the wake of controversy surrounding his executive order on immigration. Trump first took aim at acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who just hours ago penned a letter saying she wouldn't defend the president's action, which restricted immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries and banned refugees from Syria indefinitely.

Letting immigrants have driver’s licenses means millions for N.Y.

Two studies found that in New York CIty, 150,000 undocumented immigrants would likely obtain driver's licenses if the law was changed to allow it. Letting unauthorized immigrants in New York City get driver's licenses would generate $9.6 million in fees for the state's coffers, boost car sales and lower insurance premiums, a new analysis by City Controller Scott Stringer found.

The Hard-Liners Standing Behind Trump Against Sanctuary Cities

On July 1, 2015, a thirty-two-year-old woman named Kathryn Steinle was killed by a stray bullet on a pier in San Francisco. The shooter was a middle-aged Mexican man, an ex-felon who'd been deported from the U.S. multiple times but had been released by local law enforcement after a recent arrest, despite the objections of federal immigration authorities.

Most religious groups come out against Trump refugee order

Liz Glusman, from Washington, joins a crowd protesting in Lafayette Park near the White House during a demonstration to denounce President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority... . Protesters carry signs and chant in Lafayette Park near the White House during a demonstration to denounce President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from enteri... .

Mexico summons Israeli envoy over Netanyahu’s wall comment

Israel's Ambassador to Mexico, Jonathan Peled, was summoned on Sunday for a reprimand following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's comment in which he appeared to support President Donald Trump's plan to build a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Channel 10 News reported that it was Mexico's Foreign Minister himself who summoned Peled, a sign of Mexico's outrage over the incident.

The Latest: Judge stays enforcement of Trump travel ban

The Latest on U.S. President Donald Trump and his ban on refugees from Muslim-majority countries : A federal judge in New York has issued an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly issued the order Saturday evening after lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed a court petition on behalf of people from seven predominantly Muslim nations who were detained at airports across the country as the ban took effect.

Facing Mexico’s fury, Israel backtracks on Trump border wall praise

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours the new fence along the Jordanian border with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and the head of the Southern Command Eyal Zamir, February 9, 2016. A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry stressed Saturday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not commenting on US-Mexican relations when the Israeli leader said earlier that US President Donald Trump was "right" in pushing for a wall along the US-Mexico border to block illegal immigration.

Rouhani in criticism of new US policies: ‘No time to create walls between nations’

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday it was no time to build walls between nations and criticized steps towards cancelling world trade agreements, without naming new US President Donald Trump. Trump on Wednesday ordered the construction of a US-Mexican border wall, a major promise during his election campaign, as part of a package of measures to curb illegal immigration.

Shut out of appointments, undocumented immigrants march in Colorado Springs for driver’s licenses

More than three dozen people chanted, "What do we want? Licenses!" in Spanish as they marched through southeast Colorado Springs Friday night, seeking improvements to a program that allows undocumented immigrants to receive driver's licenses. The mile-long march to Memorial Park came on the heels of a similar protest earlier this week in Denver, which marked the latest chapter in a yearslong fight to fix a program mired in delays stretching more than a year.

Trump orders strict new refugee screening, citing terrorists

Trump traveled to the Pentagon where he joined Defense Secretary James Mattis for the signing of an executive action to bring sweeping changes to the nation's refugee policies and put in motion his plans to build up the nation's military. "We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas," he said.

Immigration policy back to Eureka City Council?

President Donald Trump's plan to ramp up immigration enforcement by compelling local law enforcement agencies to act as immigration officers stands in conflict with the Eureka Police Department's policy to not make arrests based solely on immigration status. The president's executive order issued Wednesday includes a directive to the Department of Homeland Security that would seek to empower local law enforcement agencies to detain undocumented immigrants, a practice which Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills said his department abolished within the last two years.

Trump spokesman says 20-percent tax on Mexican goods could fund wall

President Trump's plan to make Mexico pay for the wall he intends to build on the southern border may have taken shape Thursday, when his spokesman suggested imposing a 20-percent import tax on Mexican goods. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer mentioned the possibility to reporters on Air Force One Thursday, as relations between Trump and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto spiraled.

Mayor: Miami-Dade jail to heed immigration detainer requests

Miami-Dade County's mayor instructed jail officials in that South Florida community on Thursday to honour all immigration detainer requests, a day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would strip federal funding from sanctuary cities. Mayor Carlos Gimenez sent a memo to the county's corrections director saying jails should hold undocumented immigrants detained by police and turn them over to the Department of Homeland Security when requested.

What Trump’s Wall Says to the World

" Something there is that doesn't love a wall, " wrote poet Robert Frost in the opening line of " Mending Walls. " And on the American left there is something like revulsion at the idea of the "beautiful wall" President Trump intends to build along the 1,900-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico.

Shares of MoneyGram jump on merger deal with Alibaba unit

The combination will provide consumers in over 200 countries and territories with financial services, thus furthering Ant Financial's objective to become the leading platform of its kind in the world.The investigation concerns whether MoneyGram's board of directors failed to adequately shop the Company and obtain the best possible value for MoneyGram shareholders before entering into an agreement with Ant Financial. President Trump.