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US appeals court rejects efforts by conservative states on maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions
• 2 years agoMigrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under US and international law 2.5 million times since March 2020 on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The public-health rule known as Title 42 has left some migrants biding time in Mexico
Russians find asylum lifeline to US, but at a high price
• 2 years agoAsylum is supposed to be free and for those most in need; many have been unable to even ask for protection under COVID-19 restrictions that are set to expire Wednesday
Braving hardships, prospect of death, record number of Indians travel the hellish road to American paradise
Praveen • 6 years agoFor migrants, paying from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 25 lakh for a shot at a new life is a calculated gamble
Mexico to take additional measures if efforts to reduce flow of migrants don't show results in 45 days, reveals Donald Trump
• 6 years agoUS President Trump revealed the document of the agreement in which that Mexico appeared to pledge to enact or enforce domestic laws if its initial efforts to stem the flow of migrants was deemed unsatisfactory by the US after 45 days.
US Senate Republicans vote against Donald Trump emergency declaration in stunning rebuke, setting up veto showdown
• 6 years agoIn a stunning rebuke, a dozen defecting Republicans joined Senate Democrats Thursday to block the national emergency that US President Donald Trump declared so he could build his border wall with Mexico. The rejection capped a week of confrontation with the White House as both parties in Congress strained to exert their power in new ways.
US Senate Republicans, in open revolt, vote against Donald Trump 'emergency declaration' forcing veto showdown
Fp Staff • 6 years agoUS Senate Republicans launched their first major rebuke of US President Donald Trump voting against his ambitious 'emergency declaration' to build a border wall along the US-Mexico border. In voting against the move, Trump's own party is showing the first signs of breaking away as the 2020 campaigning shifts into higher gear and the wounds of the 2018 midterm loss remain fresh.
Democrats grill US Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, say 'verbal gymnastics' won't change scars of family separation at border
• 6 years agoUS Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insisted Wednesday the crisis at the southern border is not manufactured, as she faced questions from Democrats for the first time since they took control of the House.
Resolution introduced in US Congress to grant asylum to Asia Bibi, who was prosecuted 'for being Christian' in Pakistan
• 6 years agoIntroducing the asylum resolution in the US House of Representatives, Congressman Ken Calvert said that Asia Bibi has been persecuted, jailed and threatened for doing nothing more than being a Christian in Pakistan.
Donald Trump, angry and nervous after midterm jolt, mulls wide-ranging White House shake-up
• 6 years agoUS President Donald Trump, said to be furious over midterm election results and nervous about the Mueller probe, is weighing an administration-wide shake-up as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is unclear who is going and who is staying.
Migrant caravan groups, which were Donald Trump's midterm election drumbeat, begin arriving at hardened US border
• 6 years agoMigrants in a caravan of Central Americans scrambled to reach the U.S. border, catching rides on buses and trucks for hundreds of miles in the last leg of their journey Wednesday as the first sizable groups began arriving in the border city of Tijuana.