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Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores (left) watches as two-year-old Maikelys Espinoza is held by her mother Yorely Escarleth Bernal Inciarte at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Wednesday. Photo: Miraflores press office via AP
Americas and the Caribbean

2-year-old girl reunites with mother in Venezuela after US deportation

Maikelys Espinoza was separated from her parents when they were removed from the US in what Venezuela denounced as a kidnapping.

Education

Editorial | US shooting itself in foot with crackdown on overseas students

United States

Trump’s mass lay-off plans halted by US judge … for now

United States

Trump admin must release Turkish Tufts student, US judge rules

Rumeysa Ozturk has been detained for over six weeks after co-writing an op-ed criticising her school’s response to the Israel-Gaza war.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts, poses in an undated photograph provided by her family. Photo: Ozturk family via Reuters
Catholic Church

What’s in a name? Pope Leo XIV’s choice signals commitment to social justice

Before his appointment as the new pontiff, Cardinal Robert Prevost was a fierce critic of Trump’s deportations and anti-immigrant policy.

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United States

US judge temporarily blocks deportation of Asian migrants to Libya

Sending deportees to Libya would mark a major escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to offload unwanted migrants.

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Donald Trump

Trump vows ‘seamless’ travel for foreign World Cup fans amid US border fears

There are concerns that the tournament could be affected by US president’s immigration policies and tensions with co-hosts Canada and Mexico.

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US President Donald Trump holds a meeting of the Fifa Task Force at the White House on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
United States

3 dead, 7 missing after suspected migrant boat capsizes off California coast

At least some of the boat’s occupants were apparently from India, Coast Guard spokesperson says.

Donald Trump

Trump administration offers migrants US$1,000 to self-deport

The average cost to arrest, detain and remove an undocumented migrant is about US$17,000.

Donald Trump

Trump orders reopening of Alcatraz prison for America’s most violent offenders

The notorious former maximum security facility, now a major tourist site, to be ‘substantially enlarged and rebuilt’, Trump says.

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Alcatraz was infamously inescapable due to the strong ocean currents and cold Pacific waters that surround it. File photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Sheinbaum says she rejected Trump offer to send US troops to Mexico

The Mexican president says she told her US counterpart that her country’s sovereignty is inviolable and is not for sale.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City in April. Photo: EPA-EFE
Celebrity Families

Who were Donald Trump’s parents, builder Fred and domestic worker Mary Trump?

Fred Trump began his career building garages before turning to residential real estate after WWII, while Mary once worked in the home of a wealthy family – they went on to have 5 children.

Donald Trump

Trump eyes huge ‘woke’ cuts in US budget blueprint

The proposed spending plan would slash foreign aid while pouring money into homeland security as part of Trump’s anti-immigration drive.

Indonesia

Indonesian students in US fear immigration crackdown over political views

Concerns have heightened after an Indonesian student had his US visa revoked and was allegedly detained over his political activism.

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Protesters demand an end to ICE enforcement, among other issues in New York last month. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

US judge bars Trump’s use of wartime law to deport Venezuelans

Ruling marks the biggest setback yet for Trump to deport suspected gang members under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act.

Inmates at the Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Photo: Reuters
India

‘Things have gone haywire’: Indian students rethink US study plans

Analysts say universities in Europe, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as some local institutions stand to benefit.

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United States

Palestinian student released after being arrested at US citizenship interview

Mohsen Mahdawi is out on bail as he challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him for taking part in Gaza protests.

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China travel

Chinese flight bookings to US in summer decline amid tariff war

Cancellations of flights from China to the US in June have been outnumbering new bookings, according to China Trading Desk CEO.

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Passenger numbers on China-US flights have been declining. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

US Republicans propose charging asylum seekers US$1,000 per application

Republicans also want to impose a giant fee of US$8,500 for anyone wanting to sponsor a child to get them out of federal custody.

US-China relations

Trump’s immigration crackdown chills speech of foreign students, scholars in US

Critics say ‘America is shooting itself in the foot’ as many of the country’s brightest minds rethink their long-term investment.

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United States

More than 100 immigrants detained at Colorado nightclub

President Trump’s administration has launched a widespread crackdown on immigration into the US.

US Drug Enforcement Administration officers stop a patron outside a nightclub where a raid took place on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo: Drug Enforcement Administration via AP
US-Asean relations

The Southeast Asians facing exile from the US to a land they’ve never known

After surviving a CIA-led war and building lives in America, Laotian migrants are now being detained and deported with little warning.

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May of those who are deported to Laos from the US have no family ties or support networks in the country. Photo: Getty Images
United States

ICE deports 2-year-old US citizen and mother of 1-year-old infant

The cases come amid a court battle over whether Trump’s immigration crackdown has gone too far at the expense of fundamental rights.

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United States

US reversing termination of legal status for foreign students, lawyer says

The Trump administration has faced numerous court challenges after over 1,200 students suddenly lost legal status or had visas revoked.

United States

FBI arrests US judge, accusing her of helping migrant evade authorities

Hannah Dugan allegedly refused to turn the man over to agents who showed up at her courtroom, instead letting him exit through a jury door.

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Hannah Dugan speaks as she seeks election to Milwaukee County Circuit Court in Wisconsin in March 2016. Photo: USA Today Network via Reuters
Vietnam

Southeast Asians in Los Angeles detained, deported at routine ICE check-ins

Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese immigrants are now facing enforcement of long-stayed deportation orders as the Trump administration boosts deportations.

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An ICE Field Office Director in Los Angeles. Southeast Asian immigrants in the city face deportation after years of indefinite stays. Photo: TNS
United States

US opposition to Trump has mobilised, but is it enough to slow his agenda down?

Anger has led to massive marches and confrontations with Republicans, but analysts question whether the movement poses a serious challenge.

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Donald Trump

Harvard University sues Trump over threats to cut US$2.2 billion in funding

Trump has sought to bring several universities to heel over claims they tolerated antisemitism by threatening budgets and tax-exempt status.

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