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Vance blames California Democrats for protests, mocks Sen Padilla as 'Jose'

Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused California Gov Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests as he used his appearance in Los Angeles to rebut criticism from state and local officials that the Trump administration fuelled the unrest by sending in federal officers. Vance also referred to US Sen Alex Padilla, the state's first Latino senator, as Jose Padilla, a week after the Democrat was forcibly taken to the ground by officers and handcuffed after speaking out during a Los Angeles news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on immigration raids. I was hoping Jose Padilla would be here to ask a question, Vance said, in an apparent reference to the altercation at Noem's event. I guess he decided not to show up because there wasn't a theater. And that's all it is. They want to be able to go back to their far-left groups and to say, Look, me, I stood up against border enforcement. I stood up against Donald Trump,' Vanc

Raids in California rattle immigrants, including those in US legally

Jacob Vasquez began working at a clothing warehouse in Los Angeles soon after arriving from Mexico less than three years ago. He is among dozens of workers detained by federal immigration authorities in a series of raids in LA's fashion district and at Home Depot parking lots in Southern California. More than 100 people have been detained. The raids have triggered days of turbulent protests across the city and beyond and led President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops and Marines to the LA area, the latest development in the administration's immigration crackdown. Protests in the city's downtown have ranged from peaceful to raucous, with demonstrators blocking a major freeway and setting cars on fire over the weekend. Immigrant advocates say the workers who were detained do not have criminal histories and are being denied their due process rights. Vasquez has a three-month-old baby, according to his family who spoke to reporters outside the Ambiance Apparel warehouse, a

Will not tolerate illegal entry: US after Indian student's video goes viral

The warning comes a day after a video of Indian student surfaced online where he was being handcuffed by the authorities at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey

Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys National Guard troops

The fresh escalation came on the third day of the demonstrations against Trump's immigration crackdown

Why did Trump order the reopening of Alcatraz prison? Why is it infamous?

A small island in San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was once used as a fort, a military prison, and later, a high-security federal prison

WH focuses on border crackdown as it marks 100 days for Trump's second term

The White House on Monday opened a weeklong celebration of Donald Trump's first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown, an area of relative strength for the president at a time when there are red flags for him in the latest round of polling. Yard signs with mugshots of immigrants who have been accused of crimes like rape and murder were posted across the White House lawn, positioned so they would be in the background of television broadcasts outside the West Wing. Tom Homan, Trump's top border adviser, told reporters there has been "unprecedented success" on the border effort and "we're going to keep doing it, full speed ahead". Immigration is Trump's leading issue in public opinion surveys, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a morning briefing the administration is in "the beginning stages of carrying out the largest deportation campaign in American history". About 1,39,000 people have been removed so far, according to the White House. ...

Trump admin moves to mark 6,000 immigrants as 'dead' in deportation push

The Trump admin's move to mark 6,000 immigrants as 'dead' is aimed at removing them from the country. It is a part of a broader effort by to crack down on illegal immigrants who entered the US

US deportees run from one embassy to another in Panama to seek asylum

Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama hopped door-to-door at embassies and consulates this week in a desperate attempt to seek asylum in any country that would accept them. The focus of international humanitarian concern just weeks before, the deportees now say they're increasingly worried that with little legal and humanitarian assistance and no clear pathway forward offered by authorities, they may be forgotten. After this, we don't know what we'll do, said 29-year-old Hayatullah Omagh, who fled Afghanistan in 2022 after the Taliban takeover. In February, the United States deported nearly 300 people from mostly Asian nations to Panama. The Central American ally was supposed to be a stopover for migrants from countries that were more challenging for the U.S. to deport to as the Trump administration tried to accelerate deportations. Some agreed to voluntarily return to their countries from Panama, but other

'It's possible, it's possible': Trump hints at new trade deal with China

Trump signed a trade deal with China in January 2020. Under this agreement, China promised to protect US trade secrets, buy $200 billion worth of US products, and lower some trade barriers

Trump to sign order to block federal funds for undocumented migrants

The order directs federal departments and agencies to identify federally funded programmes providing financial benefits to migrants in the country illegally

'Turbans thrown in dustbin': Sikh deportee recounts US detention ordeals

Deported Indian immigrant Davinder Singh recounts harrowing tales of mistreatment, with reports of inadequate food, extreme cold, and religious insensitivity

Migrants stranded in Mexico try to restart life after Trump crackdown

Margelis Rodriguez and her two children took selfies on their flight to Tijuana, showing off the T-shirts she had custom-made to mark what she expected to be her family's life-changing moment. On the back of the shirts were their names and the flags of the six countries they passed through in 2024. On the front between the flags of her native Venezuela and the United States, was written in Spanish: "Yes it was possible, thank God. The wait was worth it. I made it!!" The celebratory words now sting driving home how close they came without making it and how precarious their lives are with their future more uncertain than ever, Rodriguez said while standing near the tent her family lives in at a shelter in Tijuana, a block from the towering wall marking the US border. The family is among tens of thousands of people who had appointments into February, many of them left stranded in Mexican border cities after President Donald Trump took office. As part of a broader immigration crackdown

Wrong to deport illegal immigrants from US in shackles, says Athawale

Union minister Ramdas Athawale has said it was wrong to deport illegal immigrants from America to India in shackles and the US government should have avoided such a treatment. The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment made the comments on Saturday during a press conference, where he also shared details of the Union Budget and said the country is on the path of development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the treatment of undocumented immigrants who were deported from the US to India earlier this week, Athawale said it was wrong to send them in shackles A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal Indian immigrants landed in Amritsar on February 5. It was the first such batch of Indians deported by the Donald Trump administration as part of a crackdown against illegal immigrants. Some of the deportees claimed their hands and legs were cuffed throughout the journey and they were unshackled only after landing in Amritsar. The US government should

Guatemala gives Rubio second deportation deal for returning migrants

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arvalo said Wednesday his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States, the second deportation deal that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reached during a Central America trip that has been focused mainly on immigration. Under the agreement announced by Arvalo, the deportees would be returned to their home countries at US expense. We have agreed to increase by 40 per cent the number of flights of deportees both of our nationality as well as deportees from other nationalities, Arvalo said at a news conference with Rubio. Previously, including under the Biden administration, Guatemala had been accepting on average seven to eight flights of its citizens from the US per week. Under President Donald Trump it's also been one of the countries that have had migrants returned on US military planes. El Salvador announced a similar but broader agreement on Monday. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said his coun

Trump administration begins flying detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the expansion of a migrant detention center at the military installation to full capacity

US halts sanctions on Colombia after it agrees to 'all terms' of Trump

Trump had imposed a 25 per cent import tariff on Colombia after the country refused to accept two deportation flights from the United States seeking 'dignified treatment' of its nationals

Migrants stranded as thousands of US entry appointments cancelled by Trump

They came from Haiti, Venezuela and around the world, pulling small rolling suitcases crammed with clothing and stuffed animals to occupy their children. They clutched cellphones showing that after months of waiting they had appointments finally to legally enter the United States. Now outside a series of north Mexico border crossings where mazes of concrete barriers and thick fencing eventually spill into the United States, hope and excitement evaporated into despair and disbelief moments after President Donald Trump took office. US Customs and Border Protection announced Monday that the CBP One app that worked as recently as that morning would no longer be used to admit migrants after facilitating entry for nearly 1 million people since January 2023. Tens of thousands of appointments that were scheduled into February were canceled, applicants were told. That was it. There was no way to appeal, and no one to talk to. In Tijuana, where 400 people were admitted daily on the app at

Immigrants in many US cities brace for expected Trump deportation arrests

Rev Homero Sanchez said he didn't realise the depth of fear in the Chicago immigrant community he serves until someone asked him to handle the sale of their family's home and other finances if they are picked up this week when President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Immigrants in large cities have been preparing for mass arrests since Trump won the election last November, but reports that his initial push would be in the Chicago area has brought a new sense of urgency and fear. "They feel they have been targeted for who they are. They feel like they're reviving this fear they had eight years ago," said Sanchez of St Rita of Cascia Parish on Chicago's South Side. "They're feeling like something is going to happen. This is not their city because of the threat." Sanchez, whose congregation has consisted mostly of people of Mexican descent since the 1980s, devoted Sunday mass "to solidarity with our immigrant brothers and sisters". Some immigrants in the country without legal statu

Donald Trump's border czar sees $86 billion cost to target migrants

Homan's comments on funding offer a glimpse into one of the most pressing challenges the Trump administration faces

Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Trump

Mexico opened the possibility on Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin. President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press briefing that in cases where the US would not return migrants to their countries we can collaborate through different mechanisms. She did not offer details, but Mexico could limit it to certain nationalities or request compensation from the US to move the deportees from Mexico to their home countries. There will be time to speak with the United States government if these deportations really happen, but we will receive them here, we are going to receive them properly and we have a plan, she said. Sheinbaum had prefaced her comments by saying Mexico is not in favour of them. Trump has promised to begin massive deportations. Critics have observed that there will be logistical challenges to ...