August 26, 2026
The State Department says visa appointments at all US embassies and consulates will be adjusted to accommodate a global training initiative, amid a continuing immigration crackdown that has faced legal setbacks.
August 22, 2026
A federal judge in Manhattan has struck down the policy suspending immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries, ruling that it exceeded the secretary of state's statutory authority.
June 30, 2026
Pakistan's Interior Ministry has directed all provincial governments to arrest Afghan nationals without valid visas starting July 10, the latest escalation in a deportation drive that has already displaced hundreds of thousands of Afghans from the country.
January 9, 2026
Protesters clash with federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple federal building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on January 8, 2026.— AFP Minneapolis’ mayor on Friday asked that state investigators be allowed to join the federal investigation into the killing of an American woman by immigration enforcement, accusing the Trump administration of prejudging the case. Minnesota officials have complained that their law enforcement has been blocked from investigating the killing of motorist Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump’s administration has sought to label the victim a “domestic terrorist,” insisting the Immigration and Customs
January 8, 2026
Federal agents detain a man as protesters demonstrate outside the Bishop Henry Whipple federal building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, January 8, 2026. — AFP Federal officers clashed with a large crowd of protesters. Several were arrested, including one who hit an agent with a cardboard box. Protests grew after Governor Walz called it a “patriotic duty.” Protesters clashed with law enforcement officers in Minneapolis on Thursday after the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration agent sparked outrage that fueled the Trump administration’s insistence that she was guilty of “domestic terrorism.” Federal officers armed with guns and tear gas
December 4, 2025
The move affects green cards, naturalization cases, the administration cites national security concerns A U.S. flag sticks out from the wallet of a citizen candidate attending a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization ceremony on the 1885 Tall Ship Wavertree at Seaport South Street in New York, U.S., June 14, 2023. REUTERS The Trump administration announced a freeze on all immigration applications, including green card and US citizenship processing, from immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing national security and public safety concerns. The suspension applies to citizens of 19 states that were already subject to a partial travel ban
November 29, 2025
DC residents carry flags for a memorial set up near the White House after two National Guard members were shot dead in Washington, DC, U.S., November 28, 2025.— Reuters Suspect Lakanwal faces charges of first-degree murder, US Attorney says. No formal charges were immediately filed against the Afghan man. The UN urges the US to honor commitments under the 1953 Refugee Convention. The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, killing one, will face first-degree murder charges in an attack that prompted US President Donald Trump to say he would crack down on immigrants from “Third
November 28, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., Friday, April 26, 2024. — Reuters Trump plans to denaturalize immigrants by undermining calm. Afghan immigrant entered US under Biden program. US president calls for reverse immigration to reduce illegal population. US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his administration would “permanently halt” immigration from all “Third World Countries”, following an attack near the White House that he blamed on Biden-era immigration control failures. Trump did not identify any countries by name or explain what he meant by third world countries
November 28, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a call with members of the military on Thanksgiving Day in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 27, 2025. — Reuters Trump calls the attack “terrorist”, calls the shooter a “ferocious monster”. Says security is top priority, seeks strict immigration control. He blames the attack on Biden-era immigration control failures. President Donald Trump said Thursday that a member of the National Guard was killed after being shot by an Afghan national near the White House, an attack that drew accusations from his administration of Biden-era immigration control failures and prompted
October 13, 2025
WASHINGTON: “My concern is, if I depart as an illegal immigrant, everything will return to zero. I will have nothing,” said 48 -year -old Mushtaq Ahmad*, a Pakistani national living in the state of New York, who submitted asylum this year. A former truck driver in the Middle East, Mushtaq is now working on big shifts to a convenience store outside Albany, sending what he can get back home. Mushtaq spent more than two decades workers as a truck driver in the Middle East, but years of exhaustive work abroad brought a little change to his family’s life. Coming to
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