#Immigration policy

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Ending Birthright Citizenship Would Disproportionately Affect Asian Legal Immigrants — 01/04/2026 [USA]

  A new study found that an end to universal birthright citizenship would disproportionately affect babies born to Asian parents.

  Related: #Citizenship rights, #Demographic impact
• 🇺🇸 Mexico Pressures U.S. Over Deaths of Its Citizens in ICE Custody — 30/03/2026 [USA]

  Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, said her country would take legal steps to demand better conditions at immigration detention facilities, where she said 14 Mexican citizens have died since Pres...

  Related: #Diplomatic relations, #Human rights
• 🇬🇧 ‘Constant uncertainty’: Mahmood’s ‘earned settlement’ immigration plan has families stuck in limbo — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Home secretary’s new ILR rules mean couples such as Felix and Tessa King, from UK and US, face an insecure future</p><p>“It’s the sickening stress of never quite feeling like you have roots. My mar...

  Related: #Family uncertainty
• 🇺🇸 Rayner leads Labour revolt on immigration plans in new test for Starmer — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Dozens of backbenchers have endorsed the former deputy PM’s criticism of the government’s ‘un-British’ plans

  Related: #Political dissent
• 🇬🇧 Rayner warns immigration reforms risk being 'un-British' — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Most migrant workers will have to wait longer to qualify for permanent residence under the government's proposals.

  Related: #Political opposition, #National identity
• 🇺🇸 UK to invoke ‘emergency brake’ to ban student visa applications from four countries — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan will be affected by the move

  Related: #Asylum system, #National security
• 🇺🇸 Noem defends aggressive immigration tactics amid bipartisan criticism — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Democratic and some Republican senators pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over what they described as overly aggressive immigration enforcement. Noem's testimony before the Judiciary Com...

  Related: #Bipartisan criticism, #Government funding disputes, #National security concerns, #Executive branch oversight
• 🇺🇸 'The issue is the revolution': Who is running your city's teachers union? — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Across the country, students are leaving school grounds in the middle of the day to stage anti-ICE walkouts. So far, at least one student has been struck by a car. Others have been left stranded. Caug...

  Related: #Education, #Activism, #Union politics
• 🇺🇸 WATCH LIVE: Noem testifies at House Judiciary Committee hearing on DHS oversight — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

  Related: #Government oversight, #Separation of powers, #Judicial review, #Congressional access rights
• 🇺🇸 WATCH LIVE: Noem testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on DHS oversight — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

  Related: #Government oversight, #Judicial intervention, #Executive-legislative branch conflict
• 🇺🇸 CBS News poll finds views of deportation operations continue to divide country — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  A new CBS News poll finds most Americans say nationwide ICE operations should be decreased.

  Related: #Partisan politics, #Public opinion
• 🇺🇸 Judge again blocks Noem restrictions on lawmakers' ICE facility visits — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge again struck down a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy seeking to block lawmakers from making unannounced visits to immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Court Judg...

  Related: #Judicial oversight, #Congressional authority
• 🇬🇧 Mahmood to press on with immigration reforms despite by-election defeat — 28/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The home secretary is to double down on plans for Danish-style restrictions on asylum seekers.

  Related: #Political strategy, #Party divisions
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration cannot ’terrorize’ Minnesota’s refugees with arrests, US judge rules — 28/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Refugee rights, #Civil liberties, #Judicial review, #Humanitarian concerns
• 🇺🇸 Minnesota governor proposes to tackle fraud after Trump allegations led to immigration crackdown — 26/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Government fraud, #State-federal relations
• 🇬🇧 Number of asylum seekers housed in hotels drops - with a rise in small boat arrivals — 26/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels across the UK has dropped to the lowest level for 18 months, new data shows.

  Related: #Border control, #Housing crisis
• 🇺🇸 US judge rules Trump policy of ‘third country’ deportations unlawful — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  US judge says that rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own violates due process.

  Related: #Due process rights, #Executive authority, #Legal challenges
• 🇺🇸 Republicans unveil bill to block illegal immigrants from becoming armed police — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  As they struggled to fill their ranks amid a backlash to the blue, some local police departments turned to an unorthodox source: illegal immigrants, including those in the Obama-era DACA program, who ...

  Related: #Second Amendment rights, #Law enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s State of the Union address — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  The US president exaggerates on economy and immigration amid sagging popularity before the crucial midterm elections.

  Related: #Political rhetoric, #Economic claims, #Fact-checking
• 🇺🇸 Trump hails ‘golden age’ in State of the Union as voters sour on economy — 25/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Political polarization, #Economic messaging
• 🇬🇧 Analysis: Trump devotes much of speech to immigration and economy, seeing them as vote-winners — 25/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The BBC's Daniel Bush takes a closer at the two key themes of Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.

  Related: #Political strategy, #Economic policy
• 🇬🇧 How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis — 25/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>In the past five years, MPs’ attitudes in the House of Commons towards immigration have swung harder to the right than at almost any other time in the last century</p><p>Labour and Conservative MPs...

  Related: #Political rhetoric, #UK politics
• 🇺🇸 ‘Stand Up’: With One Maneuver, Trump Tries to Box In Democrats — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump turned his State of the Union address into full-blown political theater, handing out medals to war veterans and tossing the spotlight to ice hockey players.

  Related: #Political theater, #Partisan division
• 🇺🇸 WATCH: 'You killed Americans,' lawmaker says as Trump asks Congress to stand for protecting citizens — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  While Republicans stood and applauded for two minutes, at least one Democratic lawmaker in the room shouted "you killed Americans," a reference to two citizens shot and killed by federal agents in Min...

  Related: #Political polarization, #Government accountability
• 🇺🇸 Rep. Ilhan Omar shouts at Trump during his address — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  As President Trump scolded some Congressmembers for not standing during his call to end sanctuary cities, Rep Ilhan Omar shouted, "you should be ashamed" at him.

  Related: #Political confrontation, #Congressional decorum
• 🇺🇸 Trump says Democrats 'ashamed' to stand for U.S. citizens — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump delivered a blunt call on illegal immigration Tuesday, renewing his call for deportations, calling on Congress for help and warning that fraud is rampant and "importing these cultures"...

  Related: #Political polarization, #Election integrity
• 🇺🇸 Democrats shout at Trump during remarks on immigration at State of the Union — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump asked members of Congress to stand if they agree with his statement that the first duty of the U.S. government is to protect American citizens, not those in the country illegally. As h...

  Related: #Political polarization, #State of the Union
• 🇺🇸 Americans polled on Trump's immigration policies, tariffs — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  As President Trump prepares to talk about tariffs, immigration and the economy in his State of the Union address, CBS News' Anthony Salvanto breaks down polling about the second Trump term.

  Related: #Public opinion polling, #Trade policy, #State of the Union
• 🇺🇸 Senate Democrats block DHS funding bill for second time, say White House is not budging — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for a second time this month to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security as they continue to push for major changes to the way the Trump administration c...

  Related: #Government shutdown, #Political stalemate
• 🇺🇸 Stephen Miller's staying power: From the Politics Desk — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  In today’s edition, we have a deeply reported look at Stephen Miller’s wide-ranging influence at the White House.

  Related: #White House operations, #Constitutional law, #Political influence