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Coming in 2026: Increased ICE Raids in Workplaces

New funding boosts ICE, Border Patrol raids as public backlash grows

(Newser) - President Trump is preparing to widen his immigration crackdown in 2026 with a major funding boost and an increased focus on workplace raids, even as public resistance grows and Republicans head into a risky midterm election year, Reuters reports. Under a July spending package approved by the GOP-led Congress, Immigration...

CBS Chief Pulls 60 Minutes Segment on Deportations

CBS reporter slams Bari Weiss' decision as 'political'

(Newser) - CBS News' new boss has yanked a 60 Minutes investigation off the air at the last minute, and the show's own correspondent is calling it a political move. Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled a segment examining alleged mistreatment of Venezuelan migrants held at a high-security prison in El Salvador just...

Canada's Population Sees Rare Dip Over International Students

Numbers fell 0.2% in Q3 after Ottawa moved to tamp down on study permits for foreigners

(Newser) - Canada just experienced something it almost never does: Its population shrank. Statistics Canada says the country's head count slipped 0.2% in Q3, or about 76,000 people, to 41.6 million. The numbers haven't seen a dip like this since 2020, when COVID border rules froze movement,...

Democrats Flip on Releasing 2024 Campaign Assessment

Only donors and top allies have been told of the findings

(Newser) - The Democratic National Committee has finished dissecting its rough 2024 cycle—but it's keeping the postmortem under wraps despite earlier saying the assessment would be made public. Chair Ken Martin, who said in February that the report "of course" would be released, is now opting for secrecy as...

Spain's Prime Minister Holds to Lonely Stance on Immigration

The nation can be open and affluent or closed and poor, Pedro Sanchez says

(Newser) - With most European leaders talking tougher about immigration in the face of a rise in far-right populism and Trump administration warnings that they could face " civilizational erasure " unless they tighten their borders, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stands apart. The Iberian nation has taken in millions of people...

TSA Provides Passenger Lists to Accelerate Deportations

Information had been used only for security screening, not for enforcement

(Newser) - Immigration officers have gained a powerful new tool at US airports: full access to lists of upcoming airline passengers. Under a program that began in March but had not been disclosed, the Transportation Security Administration regularly sends Immigration and Customs Enforcement the names of travelers who are scheduled to fly,...

SZA Slams 'Rage Baiting' ICE Ad Featuring Her Song

Singer condemns ICE's use of 'Big Boys' to promote immigration enforcement video

(Newser) - SZA's viral "cuffing season" anthem just got pulled into an immigration fight she wants no part of. The singer denounced the White House after it used "Big Boys" —the spoof track she performed in a 2022 Saturday Night Live sketch—in a social media post praising...

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Canada Moves to Poach H-1B Talent

Ottawa launches $1.2B plan to recruit foreign skilled workers

(Newser) - Canada is positioning itself to attract the kinds of highly-skilled workers now facing $100,000 fees to enter the US . On Tuesday, Ottawa unveiled a 10-year, $1.2 billion plan to recruit more than 1,000 doctors, scientists, and researchers by funding salaries, infrastructure, and grants in what it bills...

Boston Archdiocese Isn't Happy With Church's Nativity Scene

Dedham parish used its display to make a statement against immigration raids

(Newser) - The Nativity scene at a church in suburban Boston might now be the most controversial in the nation. St. Susanna Parish in Dedham swapped out the figures of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph for a sign explaining that "ICE was here"—a reference to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

ICE Detainee With Ties to Leavitt Is Freed on Bond

Bruna Ferreira has a child with Karoline Leavitt's brother

(Newser) - One of the more high-profile detainees at an immigration detention center has been released on a $1,500 bond as she fights to stay in the country. As the Washington Post reports, the woman is 33-year-old Bruna Ferreira, and her arrest last month in Massachusetts made headlines because she is...

Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Somali Immigrants in Minnesota

President also escalates criticism of Ilhan Omar, drawing backlash

(Newser) - President Trump once again railed against Somali immigrants in Minnesota Wednesday, saying they've turned the state into a "hellhole," reports NBC News . "The Somalians should be out of here," he said during a news conference. "They've destroyed our country. And all they do...

US Suspends Green Cards for 19 Countries

Green card and citizenship processing halted for some countries already on travel ban list

(Newser) - Dozens of countries are now on a new US immigration pause list, including some of the world's most poor and least stable, reports the New York Times . The Trump administration has suspended immigration applications from 19 nations previously placed under travel restrictions, effectively stopping green card and citizenship processing...

Sabrina Carpenter Blasts White House Over Song in ICE Video

Pop star says her music was hijacked for immigration propaganda

(Newser) - Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter lashed out at the White House on Tuesday after her song "Juno" was used in an official video posted to X, NBC News reports. The video featured footage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detaining people, set to the lyrics, "Wanna try out some...

Trump Lashes Out at Somali Immigrants

'Your country stinks,' he says

(Newser) - President Trump lashed out at Somali immigrants on Tuesday, labeling them "garbage" and claiming they bring nothing but complaints to the United States. The comments, made at the end of a White House cabinet meeting, marked an escalation in Trump's harsh rhetoric toward immigrants, the New York Times...

After DC Shooting, Noem Demands Total Travel Ban

After Afghan migrant allegedly kills National Guard member, homeland security chief issues warning

(Newser) - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is urging a sweeping "full travel ban" on nations she claims are sending "killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies" to the United States. Noem announced her recommendation after she said she met with President Trump, posting on X that the country is being exploited...

College Freshman Ends Up Quickly Deported at Airport

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, winds up in Honduras after being detained at Logan

(Newser) - A 19-year-old college freshman in Massachusetts got an unexpected lesson in the nation's aggressive new deportation policies ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. As the New York Times reports, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza went to Logan Airport intending to fly to Texas in a surprise visit to her parents. Instead,...

Trump: I Will Halt Immigration From 'Third World Countries'

He posts anti-immigration Thanksgiving message on Truth Social

(Newser) - In a Thanksgiving proclamation released Wednesday, President Trump called for national unity and praised America's "spirit of reverence, trust, and gratitude." Newsweek reports that the president struck a "starkly different tone" in an anti-immigration Thanksgiving message he posted on Truth Social late Thursday night.
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Trump Wants to Reinterview All Refugees Admitted Under Biden

Plan is detailed in Nov. 21 memo

(Newser) - "These individuals have already passed the most exhaustive vetting processes in the world," says Shawn VanDiver—"multiple agencies, biometric checks, layered security reviews." It looks like they're going to have to do it again. A memo obtained by NBC News indicates the Trump administration intends...

On Immigration, Pope Gets Behind US Bishops

Leo joins in chastising the Trump immigration crackdown, urges humane treatment

(Newser) - Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday strongly backed US bishops who condemned the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, as he urged the American people to listen to them and treat migrants humanely. History's first American pope was asked about the "special message" the US Conference of Catholic Bishops adopted...

Next City to See Border Patrol Raids: Raleigh

Elsewhere, a judge temporarily halted governor's National Guard deployment in Memphis

(Newser) - Two big cities—Memphis, Tennessee, and Raleigh, North Carolina—are in the spotlight over the deployment of troops. In Memphis, newly deployed National Guard troops might have to pull out of the city. A judge in Tennessee on Monday temporarily halted Gov. Bill Lee's order to send in the...

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