Tag: asylum
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Fort Carson soldiers secured Southern Border, amid decline in immigration
When President Trump dispatched Fort Carson troops to help secure more than 1,000 miles of mostly rugged and remote terrain along the Southern Border this spring, the flow of migrants northward had already fallen off steeply. The soldiers’ job was to seal the border completely, a mission they tackled with an array of tools, such…
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FACT FOCUS: A look at Trump’s UN claims about irregular migration in Europe
President Donald Trump excoriated European leaders about their efforts to slow irregular migration, claiming they have done little to prevent an influx of outsiders that has transformed the continent
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10th Circuit rejects immigration appeal of man fearful of forced enlistment into Russian war against Ukraine
The federal appeals court based in Denver rejected an appeal on Wednesday from a citizen of Russia and Georgia who fled to the U.S. rather than join Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit had not previously addressed an immigration appeal containing similar circumstances, a three-judge panel…
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Family mourns the passing of 40-year-old Lake Pueblo drowning victim
A fair-weather Saturday at Lake Pueblo State Park quickly turned tragic after a swimmer went missing in the water and was found dead several hours later. With relatively calm waters, 40-year-old Juan Jimenez had been looking forward to enjoying the outdoors with friends and family. Coming to Colorado Springs only three months ago, Jimenez’s trip…
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Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill suffers first defeats in UK House of Lords
LONDON — The House of Lords inflicted the first defeats on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government as it tries to pass controversial legislation designed to enable the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The government’s bill seeks to designate Rwanda a “safe” destination for deportees, despite a Supreme Court ruling last year that refugees risked…
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An election in the UK is likely this year, we just don’t know when. Here’s what to know
The United Kingdom is poised to hold its first election in five years in a country battered by the cost-of-living crisis, the fallout from Israel-Hamas conflict and deep divisions over how to deal with migrants and asylum seekers crossing the English Channel from Europe on small inflatable boats
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Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border are down. What’s behind the drop?
A recent decline in arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico may prove only temporary
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On live TV, Guardian Angels rough up a man in Times Square then misidentify him as a ‘migrant’
Members of the Guardian Angels roughed up a man they’d misidentified as a “migrant” during a live interview on Fox News Tuesday night
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Panama ex-President Ricardo Martinelli receives political asylum from Nicaragua
Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli has received political asylum from Nicaragua days after the country’s Supreme Court denied his appeal over a money laundering conviction that carried a 10-year sentence
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Border security and Ukraine aid collapses despite Biden’s plea for Congress to ‘show some spine’
A Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid has suffered swift and total collapse