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RB’s Yuki Tsunoda with performers dressed as Elvis Presley before practice in Las Vegas. Tsunoda had flown in ahead of his team for a promotional event. Photo: Reuters

F1 driver Tsunoda interrogated in his pyjamas on US arrival for Las Vegas GP

The RB racer says almost ‘got sent back home’ when he arrived for Saturday’s race – ‘they let me in after a couple of discussions’.

Opinion | Visa denials under Trump could be an opportunity for Hong Kong

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Trump confirms he will use US military for mass deportation plan

Trump names architects of his promised mass deportation policy

Choices for ‘border tsar’, policy director and homeland security chief are known for hardline immigration stances.

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Donald Trump visits the US-Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, in February, when he was running for president. An immigration crackdown is high on his agenda when his new term begins. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Why US influence in Southeast Asia could decline under Trump 2.0

Despite Trump positioning himself as a peacemaker, his foreign policy agenda is likely to push allies in Asia further away.

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Trump picks Kristi Noem for homeland security chief

The South Dakota governor, a staunch ally of the US president-elect, has called the border with Mexico a ‘war zone’.

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Trump picks Stephen Miller to be deputy chief of policy, Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

US President-elect Donald Trump is moving quickly to install loyalists into prominent posts in his new administration.

Stephen Miller. Photo: EPA-EFE

Trump picks Homan as ‘border tsar’, Stefanik as UN ambassador

Donald Trump is picking candidates to serve in his administration before his January 20 inauguration as president.

Anxious wait for Chinese students in US to learn Trump’s plans for immigration

Visitors in America look to Trump I presidency for clues to how H-1B visa category and other programmes might be restricted.

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Canada on ‘high alert’, braces for migrants fleeing US after Trump win

An official warned if thousands of migrants come all at once and cross at many border points ‘it could become unmanageable’.

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Migrants wait along the US-Mexico border wall in Texas to surrender to American Customs and Border Protection agents for asylum claim processing. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

On Balance | How Republicans turned economics into a vote-winner

Despite sounding the alarm on Trump’s fiscal policies, Harris’ campaign was unable to reach enough Americans struggling to make ends meet.

Donald Trump supporters celebrate in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, after his victory in the presidential election. Photo: Kyodo

La Cocina movie director on restaurant kitchens as microcosms of society

‘It’s a film about contrasts … between gringos and Mexicans,’ says director of movie about immigration, abortion and the American dream.

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Brazil police raid group suspected of smuggling Asian migrants to US

Police say the suspects charged migrants US$10,000 each, and managed a network of people who facilitated journeys.

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Trump visits Texas to tape Joe Rogan podcast, attack Harris on immigration

The Republican nominee says the US is being treated like a ‘garbage can for the rest of the world to dump the people that they don’t want’.

Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump gives remarks on border security inside an airplane hanger at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas on Friday. Photo: AFP

Number of Chinese migrants at US-Mexico border drops to lowest count of year

Border crossings in September fell to 1,326 Chinese nationals, a 40 per cent decline from the 2,198 recorded in June.

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Chinese migrants in line in front of US Border Patrol agents at the US-Mexico border in Jacumba Hot Springs, California, on January 23, 2024. Photo: Kyodo

US sends second flight of migrants back to China for repatriation

Homeland Security Department confirms 131 deportees are aboard amid the rise of immigration as a defining issue of US presidential election.

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Fiery Harris uses combative Fox News interview to claim break from Biden

The Democratic White House candidate tackled questions on immigration and said her presidency would not be a continuation of the incumbent’s.

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Opinion | How best to respond to hatred? With reason and kindness

In the midst of tribal politics, communities can bridge divides and avoid the vicious cycle of violence and revenge – through dialogue.

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A child holds up a sign at a Stop Asian Hate rally in San Jose, California, in April 2021. Photo: Xinhua

Trump pushes deportation plan in Aurora, city wracked by immigration tensions

Often turning to false claims and dehumanising language, the Republican US presidential candidate says migrants are ‘ruining’ US towns.

Trump calls Harris ‘mentally impaired’, unloads on illegal immigration

Harris’ campaign fired back at Trump, saying ‘he’s got nothing inspiring to offer the American people, just darkness’.

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Harris vows to cut fentanyl flow, urges China to boost crackdown on precursors

Harris also pledged to tighten border security and accused Trump of blocking a bill that would have stemmed the flow of fentanyl.

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Vice-President Kamala Harris visits the US border with Mexico in Douglas, Arizona, on September 27. Photo: AP

US House Republicans unveil 3-month stopgap bill to avert government shutdown

There will be a partial US government shutdown if Congress doesn’t pass a stopgap bill by September 30.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson, centre, at the Capitol in Washington on Friday. Photo: AP

Trump’s mass deportations goal fell short. But he has new plans for second term

Republican presidential candidate would begin largest deportation programme in US history if he wins November election, his campaign said.

Trump vows to visit Ohio town at heart of false pet-eating claims

Former US president and his running mate have spread claims that Haitian migrants are abducting and eating cats and dogs.

Republicans fail to pass US spending bill with Trump-backed voting measure

House Speaker Mike Johnson must now decide how to proceed as a possible government shutdown looms.

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson heads to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Indian migrants seek illegal US entry via Canada to evade heavily guarded south

The surge in such migrants comes amid reports of several Indians who died while embarking on the risky journey at the US-Canada border.

A border marker between the US and Canada, just outside Emerson, Manitoba. Photo: AP

US duo Michael Liu and Phoebe Dong convicted in Chinese birth tourism scheme

Their firm, USA Happy Baby, charged as much as US$40,000 to help pregnant Chinese women get American citizenship for their newborns.

US woman behind pet-eating rumours spread by Trump admits claims are false

Republicans have parroted Erika Lee’s accusations, prompting bomb threats in Springfield and causing Haitian migrants to become targets.

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US immigration
The latest news, analysis and opinion on US immigration. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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