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UK, Germany Issue US Travel Warnings
UK, Germany Issue
US Travel Warnings
Mar 21, 2025 10:45 AM CDT

UK, Germany Issue US Travel Warnings

Nations are wary of their citizens visiting US amid Trump administration moves

(Newser) - Two US allies have adjusted their travel recommendations for the United States, and not in an encouraging direction. The Hill reports that on Thursday, the United Kingdom updated its guidance for travel to the US, with the government warning its citizens to "comply with all entry, visa, and other...

First Migrant Death Tied to 2034 World Cup Is Logged

Human rights groups have been warning about 'exploitation' of migrants building venues for Saudis

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia is hard at work erecting Aramco Stadium, one of nearly a dozen new venues being built in advance of the FIFA World Cup being hosted there in 2034. Now, however, the death of a migrant worker at that site has reinvigorated pushback against what human rights groups say...

Judge Who Ordered Halt to Flights Gives DOJ a Deadline

Judge James Boasberg wants more info by Tuesday

(Newser) - Relations certainly aren't warming between the Trump administration and US District Judge James Boasberg, who last Saturday ordered planes carrying deportees to El Salvador to be turned around and brought back to the US. The aircraft instead landed as scheduled , and on Thursday, Boasberg "edged closer" to holding...

Trump's New Push: Migrants Must Self-Deport

President encourages them to use new app, or risk never being allowed back into the US

(Newser) - The Trump administration is getting increasingly aggressive with deportations, and now President Trump himself is encouraging migrants to do the job themselves. In a new video , the president tells migrants to use a newly launched federal app to guide them through the self-deportation process, reports the Hill . It's in...

All Migrants at Guantanamo Sent Back to US

The operation has cost $16M so far, per NYT

(Newser) - A group of 40 migrants taken to Guantánamo Bay in recent weeks was returned to the US on Tuesday, marking the second time the Trump administration has brought people to the US military base only to remove them a short time later—"a costly and time-consuming exercise,"...

White House Dismisses Report on Ukrainian Refugees

Reuters says 240K refugees may lose legal status, but press chief calls it 'fake news'

(Newser) - The White House is pushing back against a report in Reuters that the Trump administration plans to revoke the legal status of 240,000 Ukrainian refugees who fled the Russian invasion to come to the US. "This is more fake news from Reuters based on anonymous sources who have...

Flying Migrants to Guantanamo Is Proving Expensive

NBC News talks to sources who say it may not be a financially viable plan

(Newser) - President Trump's plan to detain migrants at Guantánamo Bay may not be viable after all, sources tell NBC News —and money is one of the big reasons why. The networks shares the math: Getting migrants to the island requires planes, and military ones have been employed in...

All Migrants Moved Out of Guantanamo

Officials say 178 Venezuelans left naval base on Thursday, with 177 transferred to Venezuela

(Newser) - The Trump administration has apparently emptied Guantanamo Bay of migrants, weeks after President Trump issued an order for a detention facility at the base to be expanded to hold up to 30,000 people. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said Thursday that 177 migrants had been transferred to...

Dad of 4 Preps for Deportation After 24 Years in US

Washington Post tells story of Guatemalan native, 39, set to be sent back after two decades

(Newser) - Nearly a quarter century ago, a teenage Eulogio Hernandez Box arrived to the US from Guatemala, building a life for himself in Ohio that grew over the decades to include a wife and four sons. Despite entering the country illegally, Box hasn't appeared, at least on the surface, to...

FEMA Fires CFO, 3 Others Over NYC Migrant Shelter Payments

City officials refute accusations that disaster relief funds were diverted to pay for migrants in hotels

(Newser) - On Tuesday, President Trump went on an online tear against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, calling the agency a "disaster" that "should be terminated" and noting that it was "under review and investigation." More official repercussions followed, with an announcement from the Department of Homeland Security...

Pope Delivers a Rebuke to JD Vance
Pope Takes Issue
With JD Vance
Feb 11, 2025 11:44 AM CST

Pope Takes Issue With JD Vance

Francis calls out vice president's theological defense of mass deportation in rare rebuke

(Newser) - Pope Francis issued a major rebuke on Tuesday to the Trump administration's plans for mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and "will end badly." Francis took the remarkable step of...

Religious Groups Push Back on Migrant Raids

Federal lawsuit seeks to roll back giving immigration agents more access to houses of worship

(Newser) - More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans—ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism, to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists—filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests in houses of...

Opinion: For Guantanamo Migrants, Abuse Is 'Guaranteed'
'Abuse at
Guantanamo
Is Guaranteed'
OPINION
Feb 7, 2025 11:48 AM CST

'Abuse at Guantanamo Is Guaranteed'

Children will be among the victims in this 'nightmare,' writes Spencer Ackerman

(Newser) - As President Trump signed an executive order to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Guantanamo Bay to "full capacity" on Wednesday, it was "like seeing a nightmare I've had for years manifest before my eyes," writes Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Spencer Ackerman. Ackerman, who's attended...

US Begins Flying Migrants to Guantanamo Bay

US has been erecting a tent city at the base in Cuba to temporarily hold people

(Newser) - The first two military flights taking migrants detained in the US to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba have taken off, reports the Wall Street Journal . It's part of President Trump's plan to dramatically ramp up the base's ability to temporarily house migrants. The New York ...

Trump to Send Up to 30K Migrants to Guantanamo Bay

'It's a tough place to get out of,' he says

(Newser) - Only around 15 people are currently detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, but that number could soon be going up 2,000-fold. President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to prepare a facility to detain 30,000 migrants at the base on Cuba's south coast, the BBC reports. "...

Pope Picks an Early Fight With Trump

Pontiff calls plans for mass deportation of migrants a 'disgrace'

(Newser) - In his official message to President-elect Trump ahead of Monday's inauguration, Pope Francis offered "cordial greetings" and best wishes. But in an interview with Italian television, the pope took a decidedly more critical tack when discussing the president-elect's promise to order mass deportations of undocumented migrants, reports...

Forensic Scientists Set Their Sights on Deceased Migrants

Guardian reports on effort to identify more of those who die attempting sea crossings

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of migrants die trying to reach Europe each year—and the challenges in identifying them are manifold. For one, it's thought many boats just vanish, with no bodies ever washing ashore or being recovered from the water. Of those that are, people are often traveling without...

Sources: Guatemala Will Work With Trump on Deportation

It will take its own citizens back, as well as those from other countries, sources tell Reuters

(Newser) - As a new Trump administration takes office next month, one Central America is making a proactive move: Sources tell Reuters that Guatemala, in an attempt to get in President-elect Trump's good graces, has said it will accept citizens of other countries who may be booted from the United States...

Texas' $100K Billboard Campaign Warns Migrants of Rape

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered 40 signs in 4 languages to go up in Mexico, Central America

(Newser) - Gov. Greg Abbott, who once pledged to "eliminate all rapists" from his state of Texas, is now warning migrants that traffickers could rape and abuse them if they try to make their way to the United States. Per the Washington Post , Abbott is doing so via 40 or so...

Deportations Haven't Been This High in a Decade

More than 270K were deported this year, ICE says

(Newser) - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported more than 270,000 people to 192 countries over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade, according to a report released Thursday that illustrates some of the financial and operational challenges that President-elect Trump will face to carry out his...

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