Tag: immigration

Trump brought 6,000 white South Africans to US through refugee program, plans for 10,000 more

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“The president has been executing the program for white South Africans while canceling refugee programs for other groups.

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Initially, Trump’s resettlement program aimed to admit 7,500 South Africans, but on Monday, the White House said it will add 10,000 to that target, saying “unforeseen developments in South Africa created an emergency refugee situation.” Though Trump has become empathetic to this cause, his administration has otherwise mainly executed anti-immigration policies, like suspending the Refugee Admissions Program when he took office in 2025.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-brought-6-000-white-204425513.html

Interviewing ICE Agents

Posted on by Lone Candle

ICE officer reports discrimination against him by ICE and other ICE officers. An ICE officer said that criminal investigations, including reports of pedofilic activity, were dropped to focus on deportations. An officer said that many Border Patrol agents are not properly trained and led to do internal deportations. An officer said that connections in surge cities were damaged by deportation surges, making criminal investigations more difficult.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkjvJRiHEq4

Trump may send Afghan allies who were promised new lives in the U.S. to Congo instead, advocacy group says

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“Hundreds of Afghan refugees who helped the United States fight the Taliban may be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo after the Trump administration halted their U.S. resettlement, an advocacy group said.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo, a Central African country where the Afghans have no ties, is experiencing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with more than 600,000 refugees there already after decades of armed conflict.

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Trump has blocked virtually all paths to the U.S. for Afghan allies, more than 190,000 of whom were resettled in the U.S. from August 2021 until mid-2025. Afghan allies and their family members have been detained by U.S. immigration officials, with one of them dying last month after less than 24 hours in custody. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the death of Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, was being investigated.)”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-may-send-afghan-allies-081118731.html

U.S. Army sergeant’s wife detained by ICE in Texas after immigration appointment

Posted on by Lone Candle

Deporting the spouses of US citizens is a net bad. 

“An active-duty U.S. Army sergeant who has served in the military for 27 years, including in Afghanistan, said he still does not “understand why” his wife was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week in Texas.

In an interview with CBS News Sunday, Sgt. First Class Jose Serrano, 51, said his wife, Deisy Rivera Ortega, was arrested by ICE on April 14 during an appointment at an immigration office in El Paso.

Rivera Ortega, who married Serrano in 2022, has been in the U.S. for over a decade, since 2016. She was granted a legal protection in 2019 that prohibits her deportation to her native El Salvador, U.S. immigration court documents show. But the Department of Homeland Security told CBS News that Rivera Ortega entered the U.S. illegally, and Serrano said his wife has been informed she could be deported to a third country, like Mexico, where she has no ties….

If his wife is sent to Mexico, Serrano said he would likely not be able to see her without jeopardizing his military career, given restrictions on service members traveling to Mexico.

“We don’t know nobody in Mexico,” he said. “Plus, as a military, we’re not allowed to go to Mexico.

“Serrano, who was born in Puerto Rico, said his wife’s detention has exacerbated his mental health challenges, noting he has been treated previously for a traumatic brain injury, PTSD and depression.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-army-sergeants-wife-detained-100127473.html

Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say

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“Attorneys representing immigrants held at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site alleged Friday in federal court that guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees after a protest over lost phone access — allegations they argue show state and federal officials defying a recent court order protecting detainees’ civil rights.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/alligator-alcatraz-phones-were-cut-171614361.html

Plan To Turn ICE Into Trump’s Private Army Leaked By Whistleblower

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ICE whistleblower claims that the massive wave of ICE recruits are not being trained properly, and Homeland Security is lying about the extent of their training.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f8oY89CiDQ

Death of Vietnamese immigrant in Indiana facility is latest ICE detainee fatality

Posted on by Lone Candle

“A Vietnamese immigrant died in government custody last week, according to a notification sent to lawmakers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, marking the latest detainee death during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Tuan Van Bui, a 55-year-old immigrant, died at the Miami Correctional Center in Indiana.

He is the 46th person to die in federal custody during the current Trump administration.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/death-vietnamese-immigrant-indiana-facility-170745545.html