US immigration
- Bhutan, ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Nepal, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, World news
‘I feel like a ghost’: new father deported by ICE to Bhutan that exiled his family
Mohan Karki – one of many people ICE has deported to countries with which they have little connection – leaves…
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Chinese man who filmed evidence of Xinjiang rights abuses is granted asylum in US
Lawyer for Guan Heng, whose exposed evidence of persecution of Uyghurs, says he is ‘textbook example of why as…
- Asia Pacific, Pacific islands, Tonga, Trump administration, Trump travel ban, US immigration, World news
‘Tonga is not a threat’: anger as small Pacific nation falls under Trump visa restrictions
Community leaders raise alarm over study links and Polynesian ties, with Tonga to face restrictions from Janua…
- Asia Pacific, China, ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Islam, Religion, US immigration, US news, Uyghurs, World news
Man who documented Uyghur camps in China may face removal from US after ICE arrest
Guan Heng, who filmed at sites in China of alleged rights violations against Muslim group, detained by ICE in …
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US agents increasingly arresting Afghan asylum seekers, lawyers say: ‘A huge chilling effect’
Lawyers say people ‘don’t feel safe to leave their home’ as officials target recent arrivals and those awaitin…
- Afghanistan, South and Central Asia, US immigration, US news, Washington state, West Coast, World news
Afghanistan war veteran arrested after ICE protest prepares for trial
Bajun Mavalwalla, who maintains his innocence, will take case to jury even as others strike plea agreementsAn …
- Afghanistan, Donald Trump, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, US politics, World news
Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions | Mohamad Bazzi
The administration is heightening its anti-immigrant crackdown – and punishing people from a country the US he…
- Myanmar, Myanmar coup, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US immigration
‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status
Thousands of Myanmar diaspora are at risk of deportation, after the US said they no longer required Temporary …
- Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, US politics, World news
Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals
Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to electio…
- Bhutan, ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Idaho, Migration, Refugees, South and Central Asia, US immigration, US news, World news
A refugee’s deportation rattles a deeply conservative town: ‘What Trump has done is not Christlike’
Binod Shah, a refugee from Bhutan, went to church, got married and started an auto shop in Twin Falls, Idaho. …
- Africa, Americas, Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Guatemala, New York, Senegal, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news
Flooding and droughts drove them from their homes. Now they’re seeking a safe haven in New York
Data analysis found higher than average migration growth to the US from areas in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Sen…
- Bhutan, Pennsylvania, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, US politics
A US haven for refugees was divided over Trump – now immigration crackdown has left a ‘community breaking’
Pennsylvania hosts one of the largest clusters of Bhutanese refugees in the US. Families are unsettled as Trum…
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New Zealand woman and six-year-old son released from US detention
Sarah Shaw was detained by Ice owing to a problem with her ‘combo card’ visa as she tried to re-enter the US f…
- Bhutan, Democrats, Nepal, Republicans, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, US politics, World news
Bhutan tried to erase us. Now, Trump’s America is helping | Lok Darjee
The administration has deported over two dozen refugees back to the very nation that tried to erase us. Democr…
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South Sudan says eight deportees from the US are under government care
Deportees include two people from Myanmar, two from Cuba, and one each from Vietnam, Laos and MexicoWar-torn S…