Immigration laws

El Salvador defends mega-prison that is key to Trump deportations

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton labelled El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (above) “brutal” on social media on Dec 22.

US judge rejects business group’s challenge to Trump’s $128,260 H-1B visa fee

The H-1B programme allows US employers to hire foreign workers with training in specialty fields.

US judge tosses Trump challenge to New York immigration-related law

Immigration Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) agents check the paperwork of respondents arriving at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 15, 2025. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado

US triples stipend offer to migrants who ‘self-deport’ to $3,900

US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration has drawn backlash in cities targeted by immigration and border patrol agents.

Pope Leo’s new US bishops are critics of Trump’s migrant crackdown

FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV holds an audience for the Jubilee in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, December 20, 2025. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri/File Photo

41,800 foreigners denied entry to S’pore from Jan to Nov; no-boarding system to start for airlines

ICA said many of the travellers were turned away through advancements in the authority’s new clearance concept, which introduces multiple layers of security.

Google warns staff with US visas against international travel due to embassy delays, Business Insider says

Google has advised employees on US visas to avoid international travel due to delays at embassies.

Trump takes aim at diversity visa after Brown shooting suspect linked to programme

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said her department would pause processing of diversity lottery applications "to ensure no more Americans are harmed by this disastrous programme”.

Trump suspends US green card lottery after Brown, MIT attacks

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she’s asking US Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the lottery, officially known as the Diversity Immigrant Visa Programme.

Deportation fears spur US migrants to entrust guardianship of their children

A woman carrying a child walks toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the hallway of the U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, New York City, on Dec 18, 2025

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