Immigration laws

Shorter visa durations, stronger penalties: Asian students adjust plans after Trump’s new rules

The F1 visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows international students to study in the US.

Forest City’s tech commune Network School puts $160m investment in Malaysia on hold amid probe

Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan said the company had already invested more than RM100 million in the campus without government funding.

Trump reverses suspension of ICE traffic stops after fatal shootings

A woman places a flower at a makeshift street-side memorial for Johan Sebastian Duran, a driver who was fatally shot on July 13 by US ICE agents.

Malaysia says residents at tech commune in Forest City have valid travel documents

Some social media users alleged that The Network School included participants from Israel who had entered Malaysia with passports of other countries.

ICE suspends traffic stops in wake of Maine fatal shooting, border czar says

Demonstrators held protests in July against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the killing of two men six days apart during traffic stops in Texas and Maine.

Mexico files criminal complaints in US over migrant deaths in custody

Mexico’s government has also sent cease-and-desist letters to US detention centres where Mexican nationals have died

Malaysia says it is investigating tech commune in Forest City run by ex-Coinbase executive

Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi called on the authorities to probe allegations that the Network School hosted Israeli nationals who had entered the country on second passports from other nations.

Trump officials turn over withheld evidence in Renee Good, Alex Pretti killings

A sign honouring Alex Pretti and Renee Good as patriots rests at a memorial in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, on March 12.

ICE agent fatally shoots driver in Maine, 6 days after similar death in Texas

A drone view showing members of law enforcement working at the scene of a shooting involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13, 2026.

Protected but deported anyway, as Trump goes after ‘dreamers’

Jose Contreras was deported to Honduras and spent 118 days there.

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