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Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam found guilty of attempted murder

Salah Abdeslam, the last surviving suspect of the 2015 Paris terror attack, was convicted of terror-related attempted murder over a 2016 shootout with Belgian police during a raid.




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Outrage as rapper Médine set to perform at the Bataclan in Paris

Médine is known for a controversial song which includes the lines 'I put fatwas on the head of jerks' and 'crucify secularists'. Lawyers say his October shows pose a threat to public order.




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British gun activist loses firearms licences

Callum Long Collins (pictured) of Fareham, Hampshire, who runs the English Shooting YouTube channel, confirmed police are not going to reinstate his licences after they were revoked in 2016.




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ICE issues list of nine 'fugitive' illegal immigrants released by NYC's city sanctuary policy

'Dangerous criminals are being released every single day', an ICE spokesman said. Sanctuary cities like NYC limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities.




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Martin Luther King's Jr.'s daughter warns of the 'resurgence of white supremacist groups' on MLK Day

Bernice A. King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, delivered speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on MLK Day. Thousands around the country celebrate his legacy.




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Downing Street hints it will drop post-Brexit migrant salary threshold

Downing Street today gave a strong hint a government plan to impose a minimum earnings threshold on migrants who want to come to the UK after Brexit will be dropped.




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More than 200 Central American migrants escape from detention facility in Mexico

Mexican authorities recaptured 100 of more than 200 that fled an immigration station on Monday in southern Mexico as hundreds more remained stuck on the Suchiate River's shore.




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Tory backlash over Boris Johnson's plan to ditch £30,000 minimum earnings threshold for migrants

Boris Johnson's plan to scrap a minimum earnings threshold for migrants who want to move to the UK after Brexit has sparked a backlash among Tory MPs.




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Northeasten University student is deported to Iran DESPITE judge's order

Shahab Dehghani, 24, an Iranian economics student at Northeastern University, was denied entry to the US and ordered to immediately fly back to his native country.




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Boris Johnson hails 'new chapter' for Britain as Brexit withdrawal bill is passed by Parliament

The Prime Minister will vow to 'mobilise the full breadth of our new freedoms' on Brexit night - as his Bill paving the way for Britain to leave the EU was finally passed by Parliament yesterday.




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Social care workers 'will not be exempt from tough post-Brexit immigration rules'

The Home Secretary apparently set out on Tuesday that there will be no so-called 'carve outs' under Boris Johnson's Australian-style points-based immigration system.




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Downing Street rebukes UK businesses for seeking 'unlimited labour from the EU' after Brexit

Downing Street has rejected a big business demand to allow low-skilled migration from the EU to continue after Brexit, telling companies to focus on training UK workers instead.




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Ministers under pressure to do more to protect Britain from deadly coronavirus outbreak in China

The Health Secretary sought to reassure the public today as he addressed MPs about the killer outbreak that has led Beijing to place a city larger than London in quarantine.




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AOC is 'idiotic,' 'disgusting' says former ICE director after she calls for breaking up the agency

The former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director blasted Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her repeated 'idiotic' comments that the agency should be abolished.




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Priti Patel attacks UK business for being 'far too reliant' on 'cheap labour' from the EU

Priti Patel today launched a savage attack on big British business as she said companies had become 'far too reliant on low skilled' and 'cheap' workers from the EU.




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Nicola Sturgeon demands Scotland gets powers over visas after Brexit

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon insisted it is vital that immigration from the EU is allowed to carry on after Brexit, saying the economy needs workers.




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Kiwis in Australia call on Russell Crowe to back class action lawsuit to stop discrimination

New Zealand expatriates in Australia have called on Russell Crowe to support their bid to change 'racially discriminatory' citizenship laws.




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Government experts lay out plans for tough new points-based immigration system

The Migration Advisory Committee said post-Brexit arrangements to replace EU freedom of movement could slow the growth in the UK population and make people slightly better off.




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Boris Johnson slams Nicola Sturgeon's 'deranged' visa powers demand

Boris Johnson lashed out after the SNP leader said immigration from the EU must continue north of the border because the economy needs workers.




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Somali gang rapist,31,who dodged deportation after plane mutiny makes new bid to stay

A rapist who dodged deportation after a mutiny by plane passengers will next month launch another bid to avoid being booted out of Britain. Yaqub Ahmed was jailed for a total of nine years.




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Sydney hotel now a secret coronavirus isolation unit

Dozens of foreigners who may have been exposed to the potentially deadly coronavirus are set to be secretly held in isolation at a hotel near the centre of Sydney, a source has revealed. 




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Jennifer Lopez makes poignant comment about immigrant children in cages as she is joined by daughter

Sunday's performance featured a surprise appearance from J.Lo's daughter toward the end of the show, singing Let's Get Loud as she sat in a round cage, surrounded by other children in cages.




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Jennifer Lopez hammers home her message against Trump's immigration policy

The clip shows Jennifer Lopez, 50, giving her team a pep-talk and holding hands with them in prayer before they take to the stage for Sunday's half-time performance at Super Bowl LIV in Miami.




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Chinese student lied to enter Australia defying coronavirus ban

A student bragged about how he snuck into Australia from China by lying on his arrival form, despite a travel ban to protect citizens from coronavirus.




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ICE asks judge to force NYC to share information about illegal immigrant

The court filing on Monday accuses Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration of ignoring subpoenas from Immigration and Customs Enforcement demanding information about Reeaz Khan.




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ICE agent shoots man, 26, in the face in Brooklyn while trying to arrest mom's boyfriend

Mexican national, Erick Diaz, 26, was shot in the face by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who was attempting to arrest his mother's boyfriend.




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New push to set up English classes for refugees 70 per cent jobless year after arriving in Australia

The federal government plans to set up English classes in refugee camps to give potential immigrants a better shot at getting a job when they get to Australia.




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Shocking video shows eight ICE detainees pepper-sprayed and beaten by private prison guards

Surveillance video from a private prison in California captured the moment guards pepper sprayed and beat eight Central American migrants that went on a hunger strike in June 2017.




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Protesters gather in New York after ICE agents shoot Mexican man

Erick Diaz, a 26-year-old Mexican national, was shot by the immigration and customs agents in Brooklyn on Thursday as they were trying to arrest his mother's boyfriend.




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Why it'll be deja vu for Donald in the November election

HENRY DEEDES: I have spent two rollercoaster weeks watching Donald Trump at close quarters, and speaking to scores who voted for him in 2016 and who intend to do so again.




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Adau Mornyang was locked up after 'illegally' entering the US and has quietly returned home

Adau Mornyang, 25, was held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centre in New York for three months before her release on December 21.




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Trump slams New York for being 'stupid' after governor Andrew Cuomo cancels on him

The president's swipe is the latest in a row over immigration policy between Trump and Democratic leaders in his home state of New York over immigration policy.




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Gang of 33 illegal immigrants are caught in a lorry at Calais trying to FLEE the UK

The 33 illegal immigrants were found on Monday hiding in a lorry in Calais, France by shocked border force guards after clambering aboard at Dover. Many have now been returned to the UK.




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High Court rules Aboriginal people can't be deported from Australia in majority 4-3 verdict

The High Court has ruled in a majority 4-3 verdict that Aboriginal people can't be deported from Australia because they are exempt from immigration laws under the constitution.




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Attorney General William Barr piles on sanctions against sanctuary cities

US Attorney General William Barr announced a new slew of sanctions against sanctuary cities, in what he called a 'significant escalation' against obstruction of US immigration laws.




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Essex lorry deaths: Two charged with 39 counts of manslaughter

Essex Police said a 22-year-old man was arrested in Northern Ireland on Sunday on suspicion of manslaughter and facilitating unlawful immigration.




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Donald Trump calls Mike Bloomberg a 'TOTAL RACIST' as stop-and-frisk recording emerges

President Donald Trump attacked Mike Bloomberg as a 'total racist' after audio surfaced of his 2015 speech adamantly defending stop and frisk police policies.




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The suburbs in Australia where the population is growing at more than double the national average

The population in parts of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane is growing at double the national average pace. CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman cited international students.




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Teacher 'told Hispanic student to 'go back to her country' for not standing during national anthem

A Hispanic student, who is a US citizen, says she was told by a teacher in Chicago to go back her country because she wouldn't stand during the national anthem at an assembly at her school.




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Kevin Rudd slams decision to send Wuhan evacuees to Christmas Island

Kevin Rudd has slammed Peter Dutton's decision to send Wuhan evacuees to Christmas Island, suggesting the home affairs minister would have treated them differently if they were 'white.'  




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Rishi Sunak takes centre stage as Boris Johnson meets with new-look Cabinet

The new Chancellor was beaming as he sat next to the Prime Minister despite the fact that yesterday he saw his boss Sajid Javid purged from the government.




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Trump administration deploys elite Border Patrol tactical units to 10 largest sanctuary cities

Members of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Border Patrol Tactical Unit will be among the officers deployed to cities to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.




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EU migrants will have to earn at least £23,000 before they are allowed into Britain

Migrants will also earn 'points' for how well they speak English. In some cases migrants taking jobs paying as little as £23,000 could be granted visas, depending on their skills.




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Sajid Javid stoked tensions by pushing for extension for unskilled EU migrants to come to Britain 

The chancellor insisted the UK's new border system would not be ready by December. Relations between No 10 and No 11 were stretched by the proposed extension.




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Keir Starmer REFUSES to say whether immigration should come down

Sir Keir Starmer insisted he does not believe in 'a numbers game' as he was repeatedly challenged on his views on immigration.




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Major visa change for backpackers in Australia

Backpackers are being invited to help Australian farmers and communities rebuild after devastating bushfires, with visa changes designed to encourage them to join the effort.




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Pauline Hanson has called on the government to 'tighten up' immigration laws

Pauline Hanson has called on the government to 'tighten up' immigration laws after a new report revealed 50,000 migrants who were denied asylum in Australia remain in the country. 




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CBP arrest driver after finding 26 illegal immigrants hiding inside tractor-trailer in California 

Customs and Border Patrol agents have arrested a 32-year-old man from Mexico who was caught smuggling 26 illegal immigrants into the country Wednesday via a tractor-trailer in California.




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Mike Bloomberg under fire for 2011 remarks on race

The billionaire, 78, made the comments during a 2011 interview with PBS while he was still serving as New York City Mayor.




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How Scott Morrison's government forced Holden out of Australia by dropping subsidies

Scott Morrison raged against the sudden scrapping of Holden in Australia, but he must have forgotten the Coalition Government forced the car marker to close its factories in 2013.