The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently in early-stage talks with the US government about accepting migrants who have been deported from America. These migrants would first be sent by US authorities to a third country—possibly Congo—before facing removal from Africa. Two local officials in Kin
The United Nations has called the removal of thousands of Ukrainian children by Russia a crime against humanity. A commission set up after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 says it has proof that Russian officials have moved or deported kids from occupied regions. It lists 1, 205 confirmed cases
A mother from the Bay Area and her two young sons were taken to a U. S. immigration office in San Francisco, where they were quickly detained and later sent back to Colombia. The case involves a 5‑year‑old boy who needs special hearing devices and a 6‑year‑old child with significant deafness. Both c
A federal judge in Massachusetts declared a policy that let the U. S. send migrants to countries other than their own without warning or a chance to argue against it illegal. The ruling came after a group of noncitizens sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2023. The judge, Brian Murphy,
A recent survey has shown a drop in public support for Donald Trump's immigration policies. The poll, conducted over four days, found that only 38% of respondents approved of his handling of immigration. This is a decrease from the previous month and a significant drop from the early days of his ret
The Trump administration's strategy to deport immigrants to third countries has come under fire for its high costs and questionable benefits. Senate Democrats have released a report highlighting the financial burden on American taxpayers, with over $32 million spent on sending around 300 individuals
A judge in California has ended a deportation lawsuit against a man who is the father of three U. S. Marines. The case began when immigration officers stopped him while he was trimming weeds near a restaurant in Santa Ana. They handcuffed him and sent him to a detention center, then started de
The Ninth Circuit in California has paused a judge’s order that had stopped the Trump administration from revoking Temporary Protected Status for about 89, 000 people from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua. The court said the government can probably show that it had valid reasons to end the status, so t
A young woman from Honduras is stuck far from her family because of a mistake by U. S. immigration officials. She was a student at Babson College and had been traveling to Texas for Thanksgiving. At the airport she was stopped and sent back to Honduras, even though a judge had said this would
The U. S. Department of Homeland Security announced that it intends to remove a five‑year‑old boy from the country after he was held in Minnesota last month. The move has raised questions about whether the process is ordinary or accelerated, as a lawyer for the child claimed that the former admin
