Migrant

• Exclusief: In een door de Guardian ingezien brief waarschuwen 30 congresleden dat een militaire operatie van de Amerikaanse president in Cuba het 'massale lijden' zou verergeren. • Meer dan 30 leden van het Congres hebben topfunctionarissen van Donald Trump opgeroepen om te stoppen met het gebruik van de marinebasis Guantánamo Bay voor de detentie van immigranten en om elke plan voor militaire actie tegen Cuba uit te sluiten. • In de brief aan de secretarissen van Defensie, Staat en Homeland Security van woensdagochtend, die is ingezien door de Guardian, koppelen Democratische wetgevers onder leiding van Delia Ramirez, een vertegenwoordiger uit Illinois, de stijging van de migratie vanuit de eilandnatie aan de toenemende Amerikaanse agressie tegenover Cuba.

Rechts-extremist Ivan Jennings had eerder schuld bekendigd aan het verspreiden van een terrorisme publicatie. Een rechts-extremist die opriep tot het "doden van migranten wanneer ze met hun boten aankomen" heeft terrorismemisdrijven bekend. Ivan Jennings, 46, uit Stafford, gaf maandag voor de Leicester crown court toe dat hij tussen 15 augustus en 14 november 2024 terrorisme heeft aangemoedigd. Lees verder...

Almost two-thirds of respondents said US used to be a great place for immigrants but no longer isSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump’s aggressive and wide-reaching immigration-enforcement agenda has convinced increasing numbers of adults that the US is no longer a welcoming country for outsiders, a new poll has found.About six in 10 respondents to the Associated Press-NORC poll, conducted last month, say the country used to be a great place for immigrants, but no longer is. Continue reading...

Pledge ahead of local elections dismissed as ‘not a serious policy’ and ‘profoundly un-British’Coming just days before millions go to the polls, Zia Yusuf’s announcement that a Reform government would ‘prioritise’ the citing of migrant detention centres in areas with Green MPs or councils was certainly eye-catching.“That means areas like right here in Brighton,” Reform’s shadow home secretary said with barely concealed relish in a video in which he paced the beachfront at the constituency which elected Britain’s first Green MP. Continue reading...

• Pope Francis appointed a former undocumented immigrant as a bishop in the United States, marking a symbolic statement on immigration policy. • The appointment reflects the Vatican's stance on immigrant rights and social justice within the American Catholic Church. • The move comes amid ongoing debate over immigration policy in the Trump administration.

Leo, who has criticized Trump’s hardline immigration policy, selected Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as state’s new bishopSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxPope Leo XIV has appointed a man who had once entered the United States as an undocumented immigrant, hidden in the trunk of a car, as the new bishop of West Virginia.The pope approved the resignation of Bishop Mark E Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, and selected Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, 55, of Washington to take his place, reported OSV News. Continue reading...

Denny Adán González, 33, whose death is being investigated as suicide, is 18th person to die in ICE custody this yearA Cuban immigrant died inside an immigration detention center in Georgia earlier this week, according to a congressional notification sent on Friday and reviewed by the Guardian.The Cuban man, identified as 33-year-old Denny Adán González, died inside the privately run Stewart detention center. His death is being investigated as a suicide. Continue reading...