(Bloomberg) — Irish workers have been making the short trip over to the UK to find employment for centuries, escaping famine and more recently the aftermath of the financial crisis. Most Read from Bloomberg But new data suggests that job seekers from across the Irish Sea are drying up after Britain’s departure from the European […]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas took to ABC’s This Week Sunday to defend President Biden’s recent executive order that temporarily shuts down sections of the U.S. border with Mexico to asylum seekers. The measure, which went into effect after receiving Biden’s signature last week, will effectively block most migrants (with some exceptions) who attempt to […]
As of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, the U.S. border with Mexico was shut down to nearly all migrants seeking asylum in the United States. The drastic action, the result of an executive order signed by President Joe Biden, was designed to keep the border closed at least through Election Day and defuse one of the president’s […]
Jun. 5—Maine’s attorney general is suing a religious leader in Westbrook, accusing him of defrauding immigrants by charging them for legal assistance on their immigration paperwork — often with detrimental mistakes — even though he had no qualifications to offer such advice. Attorney General Aaron Frey says that Shonda Okonda, 48, has violated state and […]
President Biden signed an executive order Tuesday that will allow U.S. immigration officials to temporarily shut down the U.S. border with Mexico to asylum seekers if the number of migrants attempting to cross in a single day reaches a certain threshold. Surrounded by at the White House, Biden announced the move, which he hopes will […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The JACKALOPE festival was one of the major events that kicked off this weekend in Virginia Beach. The sports festival was scheduled for May 31 through June 2 near Neptune’s Park. Attendees can see a thrilling spotlight on the vert scene, street skateboarding, bouldering, freestyle motocross, BMX, BASE jumping and […]
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Starting Wednesday, adult migrants can be evicted from city shelters after reaching a limit of 30 or 60 days, depending on their age. Many are left wondering where to go with limited opportunities under new shelter rules agreed upon in a court settlement in March. About 65,000 migrants are currently in the […]
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced late last week it’s proposing changes to the asylum system that would allow immigration officials to reject asylum seekers who have a criminal record that poses a threat to national security or public safety and quickly […]
The UK government last week sent its first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda – the east African country Rishi Sunak says he wants to deport people to as a deterrent to those trying to cross the English Channel. Last month, the prime minister said the first plane of deportees will take off within 10-12 weeks […]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas participates in a fireside chat with Mike L. Sena during the National Fusion Center Association 11th Annual Training Event on March 28, 2024, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday it’s proposing changes to the asylum system […]
WASHINGTON (March 28, 2024) Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, participates in a fireside chat with Mike L. Sena during the National Fusion Center Association 11th Annual Training Event at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday it’s proposing changes to the asylum system […]
The Biden administration announced Thursday it’s proposing changes to the asylum system that would allow immigration officials to reject asylum seekers who have a criminal record that poses a threat to national security or public safety and to quickly remove them. Those changes will occur during the initial screening stages, a senior U.S. Department of […]