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Children play football on a court next to the border wall in Tecate, Baja California state, Mexico, in April. Photo: AFP
United States

US expects to finish Trump’s Mexico border wall by next year

Traffickers are already using drones and other workarounds to spot patrols and move drugs across the barrier.

US-China relations

Nationals from China, India among 17 new US denaturalisation cases

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US judge strikes down Trump’s US$100,000 H-1B visa fee as unlawful

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US to send third-country deportees to Central African Republic

Amid demonstrations across the US against Trump’s immigration policies, the impoverished African country has agreed to take deported migrants from other countries.

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Protesters shout at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outside Delaney Hall, which is being used as an ICE detention center, in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday. Photo: AFP
United States

US judge strikes down Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries

The measures had barred applicants from receiving decisions on asylum, work permits, green cards and citizenship.

China society

As I see it | How adversity has guided the path of Chinese civilisation through the ages

Recent findings by archaeologists suggest the push for innovative solutions is often borne out of the struggle to overcome severe challenges.

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US to slash number of embassies in Africa that process visas

US State Department consolidation will force applicants across the continent to travel to 20 central hubs.

US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Photo: EPA
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US reverses new rule on overseas applications for green cards

DHS said last week’s policy announcement was not a requirement for all applicants, but would rather be implemented ‘on a case-by-case basis’.

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Trump’s ‘shocking’ ICE blitz in US cities destroyed 668,000 jobs

The crackdown also caused labour shortage and forced companies to reduce operations for everyone, including US-born workers, a report said.

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‘Gestapo tactics’: Springsteen hits out at Trump, announces protest festival

Rock icon launches ‘Power to the People’ line-up as artists back out of Trump’s US 250th anniversary events.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performing in 2024. Photo: TNS
United States

US judge allows Trump to implement mail-in voting executive order

The decision comes as Trump’s Republicans battle to keep control ‌of both houses of the US Congress in the November midterm elections.

President Donald Trump gestures outside the White House in December. Trump has for years pushed the false claim that his 2020 election defeat was the result of widespread voter fraud and has criticised voting by mail. Photo: AP
India

India orders new deportation centres days after BJP election victory

The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has ordered detention centres for undocumented migrants in West Bengal state, sparking fear of arbitrary expulsions.

United States

Trump’s overseas application for US green card rule unnerves Asian workers

Hundreds of thousands of families and individuals in the US, particularly those from India and the Philippines, could be affected.

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United States

US judge tosses case against wrongly deported Salvadorean man Abrego Garcia

The indictment was ‘an abuse of prosecuting power’ against a man at the centre of a row over Trump’s migrant crackdown, the judge ruled.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a rally in his honour at the ICE field office in Baltimore in August 2025. Photo: AP
United States

Trump to force foreigners seeking US green cards to go home first

The change could affect hundreds of thousands of people a year and potentially reduce legal immigration further.

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The US awards about 1 million green cards a year, though roughly half of those are for foreign relatives being sponsored by an American citizen. Photo: Shutterstock
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Woman jailed for nearly 42 years over US$250 million Minnesota fraud case

Aimee Bock sentenced for orchestrating the largest known theft of federal Covid-19 relief funds.

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ICE agent charged over shooting of Venezuelan immigrant in Minnesota

Minnesota county charges Christian Castro in a non-fatal shooting during Trump’s immigration crackdown.

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Opinion | Birthright citizenship fight shows US identity debate is far from settled

The re-emergence of the debate despite the 14th Amendment shows the ongoing contest over American cultural DNA.

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Demonstrators rally in support of birthright citizenship outside the US Supreme Court in Washington on April 1. Photo: AFP
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US Border Patrol chief abruptly resigns in latest Trump team shake-up

Michael Banks exits effective immediately as the Trump administration recalibrates its mass deportation strategy.

United States

US Congress votes to end record government shutdown

The measure does not include new money for immigration and border enforcement, leaving the dispute that triggered the shutdown unresolved.

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US-China relations

Why tougher US visa rules for skilled foreign workers may end in ‘brain drain’

Trump administration is targeting several visa categories, including popular H-1B pathway, with bias towards fewer numbers and more revenue.

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Trump’s ‘gold card’ visa granted to just 1 person so far

This appears to fall short of an earlier claim that the scheme had brought in US$1.3 billion ‘worth’ in just days.

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A poster showing the Trump Gold Card is seen as US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office in September 2025. Photo: AP
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‘China or India or some other hellhole’: Trump reposts anti-immigrant rant

India’s foreign ministry called the remarks ‘obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste’.

US-China trade war

US lawmakers slam China’s ‘parasitic’ theft of military and tech secrets

US senators pointed to legal channels, including work visas and university research, as potential pathways for China-linked espionage.

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The Philippines

Meet the Filipino spouses turning their migration journeys into viral content

Women make up 90 per cent of Filipino marriage migrants, moving mainly to the US, Canada, Japan and Australia.

Lea Albritton, the influencer behind “Pinay sa America” and her husband, Timothy. Photo: Lea Albritton
Cambodia

Video | Cambodian man deported to Africa by Trump administration

Pheap Rom was among 20 men sent to Eswatini under Trump’s ‘third country’ deals.

Cambodian Pheap Rom poses for picture at a restaurant in Phnom Penh on March 30, 2026. A Cambodian refugee long-settled in the United States, ex-convict Pheap Rom, remains bewildered at how he wound up behind bars in the African nation of Eswatini for months after being swept up in Donald Trump’s deportation blitz. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP) / To go with ‘Cambodia-Eswatini-US-Migrants-Rights-Crime’ Focus by Suy Se and Matt Surrusco
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United States

How record US$75 billion ICE expansion led to ‘red flag’ recruits

ICE agents’ backgrounds and training have come under scrutiny after numerous high-profile incidents in which officers used excessive force.

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Minnesota investigates ICE arrest of Hmong-American man as possible kidnapping

ChongLy ‘Scott’ Thao was arrested at gunpoint, and escorted in his underwear and a blanket in freezing conditions.

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