Rock band critical of Putin is detained in Thailand, fearful of deportation to Russia

Rock band critical of Putin is detained in Thailand, fearful of deportation to Russia

BANGKOK — Members of a rock band that has been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine remained locked up Tuesday in a Thai immigration jail, fearful that they could be deported to Russia as a reported plan to let them fly to safety in Israel was apparently suspended. The progressive rock band Bi-2 said on … Read more

Republicans Invoking Border Crisis Now Oppose Plan To Fix It

Republicans Invoking Border Crisis Now Oppose Plan To Fix It

WASHINGTON ― For months, Republicans have shouted from the rooftops about a migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and how President Joe Biden needs to act to address it, insisting the flow of migrants is an urgent national security threat. Now many on the right are urging their party to reject the very same things … Read more

Republicans Flail On Border Deal After Trump Orders Them To Reject It

Republicans Flail On Border Deal After Trump Orders Them To Reject It

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are flailing over how to proceed with tackling the border crisis — an issue they have been demanding action on — after Donald Trump this week personally directed them to reject any bipartisan border deal because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to get a win ahead of the 2024 presidential … Read more

Talk Of An ‘Invasion’ And ‘Civil War’ Risks Rise In Vigilantism

Talk Of An ‘Invasion’ And ‘Civil War’ Risks Rise In Vigilantism

Right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, leader of the MAGA youth groups Turning Point USA and Students for Trump and the host one of the most listened-to podcasts in the United States, encouraged his listeners this week to take up arms in preparation for an “invasion” of immigrants at the southern border. “The break-ins, the looting, the … Read more

Texas Governor Invokes Pre-Civil War Legal Theory In Border Standoff

Texas Governor Invokes Pre-Civil War Legal Theory In Border Standoff

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s defiant statement on Wednesday rejecting the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration law at the U.S.-Mexico border ratcheted up the already tense stand-off between the state and the Biden administration — and signaled how fully the GOP has become the party of the Southern conservatives it was founded to fight. Abbott’s … Read more

Trump Pressuring GOP Senators To ‘Kill’ Biden’s Border Deal

Trump Pressuring GOP Senators To ‘Kill’ Biden’s Border Deal

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump on Wednesday privately pressured Senate Republicans to “kill” a bipartisan deal to secure the U.S. border because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to chalk up a win ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a source familiar with the tenuous negotiations on the package. Trump directly reached out to … Read more

Jesse Watters Turns Racism Up A Notch With Heartless Dig At Migrant Children

Jesse Watters Turns Racism Up A Notch With Heartless Dig At Migrant Children

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Widow of Australian Defence Force veteran scores big win in deportation battle

Widow of Australian Defence Force veteran scores big win in deportation battle

The widow of an Australian war veteran will fulfil her husband’s wish to raise their five-year-old son in Australia following a major win in her battle against deportation. American citizen Kristie Chilcott faced being kicked out of the country on July 1, but on Thursday was delivered the news she had been desperate to hear … Read more

Congress Hunts The Rarest Beast: Bipartisan Election-Year Deals

Congress Hunts The Rarest Beast: Bipartisan Election-Year Deals

WASHINGTON ― Congress is striving to accomplish what rarely gets done in an election year: three separate bipartisan agreements on taxes, spending and immigration policy. Landing even one deal would be considered a win before lawmakers depart for the campaign trail this summer, when partisan presidential politics kicks into high gear and action on Capitol … Read more

Canada needs immigration reform to escape ‘population trap,’ economists say – National

Canada needs immigration reform to escape ‘population trap,’ economists say – National

There is a need to reduce Canada’s immigration levels as the country faces what National Bank of Canada economists are calling a “population trap,” where the country is finding it difficult to absorb the number of new arrivals. In the report published Monday, economists Stéfane Marion and Alexandra Ducharme say they agree immigration is good for the gross domestic … Read more