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Trump says white South Africans are persecuted; some are returning to a better life Andrew Veitch left South Africa after being held up at gunpoint in his car. But now he feels there are greater threats in the United States, ​he said, citing mass shootings in public places as well as...

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Trump to forge ahead with immigration crackdown driven by top aide Stephen Miller U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to forge ahead with his aggressive immigration crackdown driven by top aide Stephen Miller and a new homeland secretary nominee who shares Trump's ​hardline vie...

President Trump is expected to forge ahead with his aggressive immigration crackdown driven by top aide Stephen Miller and a new homeland secretary nominee who shares Trump's ​hardline view, current and former US officials and lawmakers said www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Trump fires Kristi Noem as homeland secretary after storm over shootings, spending U.S. President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday after months of controversy, including the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal officers in Minneapolis...

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US homeland chief Noem stands by remarks calling slain US citizens terrorists U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during congressional testimony on Tuesday stood ​by her remarks calling two U.S. citizens shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis domestic...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during congressional testimony on Tuesday stood ​by her remarks calling two U.S. citizens shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis domestic terrorists www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US homeland chief Noem to face scrutiny on immigration crackdown at Senate hearing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to face tough questions ​over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, with funding for...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to face tough questions ​over Trump's immigration crackdown during a Senate hearing today, with funding for her department still stalled ‌due to Democratic objections to its aggressive tactics www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Exclusive: US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says The new target, contained in a previously unreported document from the State Department dated January 27, signals a push to ramp up admissions from South Africa, while refugee applications from other ...

The US aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Trump's stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property in Pretoria to support the effort www.reuters.com/world/us-aim...

Exclusive: ICE struggles to vet recruits amid US immigration enforcement push, internal email shows An internal email seen by Reuters underscores concerns about ICE’s rapid expansion.

ICE is struggling to keep pace with vetting new hires during its historic recruitment push and is laying out a process to deal with allegations of past misconduct among recruits, the agency said in an internal email on Monday. W/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/ice-st...

Top Noem aide entered cockpit before firing pilot over missing blanket, sources say Top U.S. homeland security aide Corey Lewandowski entered the cockpit of a government jet uninvited during a flight last year, after which he fired a pilot over a misplaced blanket, two people familia...

Top U.S. homeland security aide Corey Lewandowski entered the cockpit of a government jet uninvited during a flight last year in which he fired a pilot over a misplaced blanket, suggesting he may have violated aviation safety rules www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

Trump administration rule could pause work permits for asylum applicants for 'many years' Work permits for asylum applicants could be paused for 'many years' under a proposed rule published by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday, in what would be one of the most sweeping...

Trump administration rule could pause work permits for asylum applicants for 'many years' www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Trump administration expands ICE authority to detain refugees The broader powers include detaining legal refugees awaiting a green card to ensure they are "re-vetted".

The Trump administration has given immigration officers broader powers to detain legal refugees awaiting a green card to ensure they are "re-vetted” www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump's immigration approval hits new low, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll U.S. public approval of Donald Trump's immigration policies fell to the lowest level since his return to the White House, amid signs he is losing support among American men on the issue, according to ...

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Top Trump Homeland Security spokesperson to depart with immigration crackdown under scrutiny U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin will leave the administration, an agency spokesperson said, a move that comes as public support for President Donald Trump's immigrat...

Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia will join DHS as a spokesperson following Tricia McLaughlin's departure, a Trump administration official told Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/dhs...

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records ...

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

'It's time to get aggressive', Border Patrol agent says in Chicago shooting video Federal prosecutors have released bodycam footage in the case of a Chicago woman who survived being shot multiple times by a Border Patrol agent last fall.

'It's time to get aggressive', Border Patrol agent says in Chicago shooting video, @reneehickman.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/its...

ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.

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As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants, healthcare reform, curbing waste and fraud, a...

“The voters’ top ask for this year was a clearer pathway to legal status for law-abiding immigrants who are already contributing to the U.S. economy. Trump backed some such measures in his first term, but has not done so since retaking office” @juliaharte.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

DHS chief says body cameras being deployed to every field officer in Minneapolis U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Monday her department was deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis effective immediately and the body camera program wil...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said body cameras being deployed to every field officer in Minneapolis www.reuters.com/world/us/dhs...

Thousands demonstrate in Minnesota and across US to protest ICE Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis and students across the United States staged walkouts on Friday to demand the withdrawal of federal immigration agents from Minnesota followi...

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Exclusive: ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with 'agitators' in new orders The new internal guidance reviewed by Reuters also orders U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to only target immigrants who have criminal charges or convictions.

Exclusive: ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with 'agitators' in new orders, w/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...

Evidence contradicts Trump immigration officials' accounts of violent encounters U.S. President Donald Trump’s top immigration officials have repeatedly made statements after violent encounters involving federal agents - including two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapoli...

Trump’s top immigration officials have repeatedly made statements after violent encounters involving federal agents - including two fatal shootings of US citizens - that were later contradicted by evidence, a Reuters review found www.reuters.com/world/us/evi...

Trump moved to cut funding for ICE body cameras, pared back oversight President Donald Trump’s administration opposed efforts to expand the use of body cameras by immigration officers and sharply cut oversight staffing as it surged officers into Minneapolis and other ci...

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Deaths mount as Trump immigration push intensifies The fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis on Saturday added to a mounting death toll in U.S. President Donald Trump’s intensifying immigration push this month, increasing scrutiny on the crackdown as...

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Thousands brave bitter cold to demand ICE leave Minneapolis On a day that started with temperatures as low as minus 20 Fahrenheit (minus 29 Celsius), organizers said as many as 50,000 people took to the streets to demand an end to Trump's immigration crackdown...

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US officials provide shifting accounts of ICE detainee death in Texas military camp U.S. immigration officials on Friday provided a new but incomplete account of an immigrant detainee's death in Texas after a report emerged suggesting it may have been homicide.

U.S. immigration officials on Friday provided a new but incomplete account of an immigrant detainee's death in Texas after a report emerged suggesting it may have been homicide www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Ghana took in Trump's deported West Africans. Then it forced them home Ghana is in the middle of a heated debate over President Donald Trump's use of so-called third-country removals to hasten the departure of unauthorised immigrants who cannot easily be sent to their ho...

Ghana took in Trump's deported West Africans. Then it forced them home www.reuters.com/world/africa...

In an interview yesterday with Reuters, President Trump boasted that he has accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.”

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US to end deportation relief for Somalis in Temporary Protected Status program U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will end humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits to some 1,100 Somalis in the U.S., administration officials said on Tuesda...

The Trump administration will end humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits to some 1,100 Somalis in the U.S., officials said on Tuesday, the latest restrictive move targeting Somali immigrants www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Four migrants die in US ICE custody over first 10 days of 2026 Four migrants died while in custody of U.S. immigration authorities over the first 10 days of 2026, according to government press releases, a loss of life that followed record detention deaths last ye...

Four migrants died while in ICE custody over the first 10 days of 2026, a spate of in-custody deaths coincided with the fatal shooting of a Minnesota mother of three by an ICE officer www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Trump’s showy immigration enforcement leads to violent confrontations Masked officers have sprayed tear gas on residential streets, tackled people and aimed guns at bystanders.

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Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by US Immigration agent in Minneapolis? Renee Nicole Good was a poet from Colorado and a mother of three living in Minnesota.

Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by US Immigration agent in Minneapolis? - www.reuters.com/world/us/who...