Immigration laws

Under Trump, green card seekers face new scrutiny for views on Israel

The Trump administration is also granting permanent legal residency to far fewer applicants.

In Supreme Court fight against deportation shield, Trump says judges have no role

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building during proceedings in pending appeals at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Trump ‘gold card’ visa granted to one person so far: US commerce chief

US President Donald Trump signed an order last September to create the programme.

Photo of migrant family separation in US scoops World Press prize

The photo, taken by Ms Carol Guzy, shows the moment US ICE officers hauled away Luis, as his family claws at his shirt to keep him back.

US Senate votes to advance $89 billion funding plan for ICE, border patrol

If approved by the House of Representatives, the funding for Immigration and Customers Enforcement and Border Patrol officials in US will run until the end of President Donald Trump's term.

US immigration agency interim head Todd Lyons to step down

US Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons' last day will be on May 31.

China issues US safety alert over citizens citing ‘malicious questioning’ by US border officers

China's foreign ministry said about 20 scholars were subjected to "unreasonable questioning" at an airport in Seattle.

Former Brazil spy chief freed in the US after ICE detention, ally and source say

Alexandre Ramagem was sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup.

Japan suspends new visas for foreign restaurant workers as quota nears

A man eats at an izakaya restaurant in the Shinjuku district in Tokyo on March 30, 2026.

US Minnesota county probes federal arrest as possible kidnapping

A man, whose family requested a Hmong interpreter, is detained after ICE agents and other law enforcement officers conducted an immigration raid at his home, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis

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