Biden extends deportation relief for 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to sunset those protections. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended enrolment in the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) […]
US faith leaders express dismay amid report Trump will allow immigration raids at churches
United States RNS US faith leaders are reacting with concern to a report that President-elect Donald Trump plans to rescind a long-standing policy that discourages immigration officials from conducting raids at churches, schools and hospitals. According to a report from NBC News on Wednesday, the incoming Trump administration plans to do away with a policy […]
Trump vows to pardon 6th January defendants on day one and aims to deport all immigrants in the US illegally
Reuters President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview that aired on Sunday that he would act on his first day in office to pardon rioters involved in the 6th January, 2021 Capitol attack, further building expectations for a broad granting of clemency. “I’m going to be acting very quickly, first day,” Trump said on NBC […]
US deportations of Guatemalans via air dwindle for second year of pandemic
Guatemala City, Guatemala Reuters The United States, with the completion of the three final deportation flights of Guatemalans in 2021, marked a second year of steady decline in the amount of migrants sent back to the Central American country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guatemala this year received 17,806 of its citizens deported from the United […]
Postcards: Cast out of US, Haiti migrant drops American Dream for second go in Chile
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UN experts condemn US expulsions of Haitian migrants
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters UN human rights experts on Monday condemned Washington’s expulsions of Haitian migrants and refugees, saying they formed part of a policy of “racialised exclusion” of Black Haitians at US ports of entry. Under its so-called Title 42 policy passed last year by the administration of former President Donald Trump on sanitary grounds, […]