immigration

WASHINGTON - The FBI has arrested a member of an armed right-wing militia group accused of illegally detaining migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said Saturday.Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 70, was arrested for illegal…

The operator of the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant plans to allow foreign nationals to work at the complex through a new visa program that started earlier this month, company officials said Thursday.Tokyo…

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. attorney general on Tuesday struck down a decision that had allowed some asylum-seekers to ask for bond in front of an immigration judge, an action that expands indefinite detention for some…

The government plans to penalize universities with many foreign students whose whereabouts are unknown, it was revealed Thursday.The move is included in a draft of the government’s response to the issue, which came to light…

WASHINGTON - White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release migrants detained at the border into so-called sanctuary cities such as San Francisco to retaliate against President Donald Trump’s…

AMSTERDAM - A photograph of a Honduran toddler crying as a U.S. Border Patrol officer pats down the child’s mother in Texas was named as the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year at a ceremony Thursday evening.Getty Images…

WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump rails against an influx of migrants at the border, two of his most influential White House power players are at odds over the future of his immigration policy.Fresh off orchestrating a…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says there’s only one person in charge of his immigration policy: Him.Asked by reporters Wednesday whether he had considered tapping his influential aide, Stephen Miller, to lead the Department…

WASHINGTON - Stephen Miller may have been denounced by fellow Republicans and his own family, but the White House anti-immigration ideologue has the one ear that counts: President Donald Trump’s.Miller’s influence was clear this…

Pre-clearing US customs in an airport en route to an American holiday is becoming easier for Aussie travellers fed up with lengthy queues at LA and New York immigration. And the pre-clearance program is getting bigger. Last year it…

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government granted waivers to just 6 percent of visa applicants subject to its travel ban on a handful of countries during the first 11 months of the ban, new data show.Trump administration officials have…

WASHINGTON - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has compared Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants to Nazi Germany, saying at a campaign event that similar rhetoric might have been heard during the Third…

CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA - Declaring “our country is full,” President Donald Trump on Friday insisted the U.S. immigration system was overburdened and illegal crossings must be stopped as he inspected a refurbished section of fencing…

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - Australian Brenton Tarrant appeared in a New Zealand court on Friday where the suspected white supremacist was charged with an additional 49 counts of murder at two mosques last month.In an attack…

WASHINGTON - Trump administration officials are reining back the president’s threat to shut the southern border this week as they grapple with a surge of Central American migrants trying to enter the U.S.President Donald Trump said…

WELLINGTON - New Zealand lawmakers Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of new gun restrictions during the first stage of a bill they hope to rush into law by the end of next week.The bill will ban the types of weapons a gunman…

WASHINGTON/SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - The Trump administration is intensifying measures to curb the flow of Central American asylum seekers crossing into the United States from Mexico, officials said on Monday, including sending more…

The Justice Ministry has decided not to grant new residency status for foreign workers to people holding Iranian citizenship.The decision, announced Monday in a government gazette, was made because the Iranian government refuses to…

WASHINGTON - Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day, a major expansion of a top government effort to address the swelling number of Central…

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Sunday doubled down on its threat to shut down the southern border with Mexico, a day after it cut aid to Central American countries which President Donald Trump accused of deliberately…