Biden Tweaks Asylum Rules to Minimize Media Coverage of Criminal Migrants
President Joe Biden’s lawmakers are tweaking asylum rules to reduce the release of additional criminal immigrants to the United States before the 2024 election. The proposed rule changes are getting good headlines for the administration and are being used by Biden’s campaign team to help with extremely low polling.Axios presented White House explanation: “This is […]
Biden officials propose denying some migrants earlier in asylum process | US-Mexico border
The Biden administration proposed new rules Thursday that would streamline asylum processing at the southern border by immediately rejecting certain immigrants deemed to “threat national security or public safety.” The proposed rule would allow immigration authorities to reject and deport immigrants who are already ineligible for asylum early in the process, administration officials say, strengthening […]
Biden to tighten national security, public safety asylum screenings
The Biden administration is expected to announce new measures Thursday to more quickly screen asylum seekers for potential public safety and national security risks. The proposed regulations would essentially move these tests to an earlier stage of the asylum process, increasing the likelihood that potential threats would be removed quickly. The regulation still needs to […]
Columbia canceling graduation ceremony shows ‘inmates are running the asylum’: students
Several Columbia University students spoke out on Fox News Digital on Monday after administrators announced they were canceling the school’s major graduation ceremony. University officials told Fox News that security concerns were a top priority in making the decision following the raucous anti-Israel protests. One of the graduates, who also testified before the House Education […]
London protesters block transfer of asylum seekers to Bibby Stockholm | Immigration and asylum
Hundreds of demonstrators blocked an attempt to collect asylum seekers from a London hotel and take them to a barge in Bibby Stockholm. He was arrested when police burst into a crowd blocking a road near the Best Western Hotel in Peckham. It was only at 3:00 p.m., seven hours after arriving, that buses dispatched […]
Hundreds of asylum seekers in encampment at Seattle park after funding for hotel stay runs out
Hundreds of asylum seekers have set up encampments in public parks in Seattle after funding for hotel accommodation near Seattle ran out, according to local reports. Dozens of tents have popped up in Powell-Barnett Park in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood as asylum seekers from Venezuela, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo wait for […]
Ireland plans to send asylum seekers back to UK under emergency law | Ireland
Ireland plans to return asylum seekers to the UK under new emergency legislation to prevent them from entering the country via Northern Ireland. Taoist Chancellor Simon Harris has said the proposals will be tabled to Cabinet next week amid concerns that Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan could reroute asylum seekers from the UK. I hope. Mr […]
UK Rwanda policy is ‘kneejerk reaction’ to migration, says Ireland’s deputy PM | Immigration and asylum
Ireland’s deputy prime minister has described the UK government’s Rwanda policy as a “knee-jerk reaction” to immigration, saying it could result in an influx of asylum seekers into Ireland. Ireland’s Tánaiste Governor Michael Martin said asylum seekers fearing being deported from the UK to Rwanda are seeking sanctuary in Ireland. Ireland is located about three-quarters […]
UK policy denying visas to children of care workers faces legal challenge | Immigration and asylum
Groups supporting migrant workers have launched a legal challenge to the government’s new policy banning care workers from bringing their children and partners to the UK, saying the policy is “tearing families apart”. ‘ he warned. According to Migrants at Work, care workers must choose between living at home with their children and partner or […]
Ex-guard at NYC federal building admits to sexually assaulting asylum seeker
Armed guards at a federal building in Manhattan that houses ICE and FBI offices sexually assaulted a man seeking asylum protection last May, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Jimmy Solano Arias, 42, offered to help the man with his asylum process as part of a plea deal reached in Manhattan federal court, but instead he was […]