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Republican US Senator Rand Paul voiced opposition on Sunday to the idea of using the military to carry out mass deportations of people living in the country illegally after US president-elect Donald Trump signalled last week that he plans to do so. “You don’t do it with the army because it’s illegal,” Paul said on […]
According to US Border Patrol data, over 14,000 Indians were arrested on the Canadian border in the year ending September 30, 2022, a staggering increase from previous years. An incident in 2022 underscores the need for effective immigration policies and increased awareness about the risks associated with illegal border crossings. On a bitterly cold January […]
President-Elect Donald J. Trump won the White House based partly on his promises to rein in immigration, with targeted policies that range from sending criminals to their home countries to more sweeping ones like mass deportations. During the campaign, Trump pledged to end the Temporary Protected Status that allows workers from select countries to come to […]
The United States has, over the past year, repatriated 1,100 Indians who tried to enter the country illegally, said a senior official from the US Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, reported the Hindustan Times. Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy Royce Murray noted a “steady increase” in the repatriation of Indians from the […]
ActionSA has called on the government to stop the “gross abuse” of ratepayers’ funds following revelations by Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber that nearly R200 million has been spent deporting undocumented foreigners since 2022. ActionSA’s Member of Parliament (MP) Lerato Ngobeni had asked Schreiber about the total number of deportations since 1 January 2022, […]