Immigration and Emigration
- Immigration Crackdown Creates Fault Lines Among Baptists - An increasingly loud contingent supports the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants.
- Long Before Bondi Massacre, Australian Jews Lived With a Sense of Peril - Armed guards, bollards and secretive precautions became part of life amid antisemitic attacks and blurred lines between anger at Israel and hatred of Jews.
- Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries - In immigration courts, U.S. lawyers have filed thousands of requests to dismiss asylum cases and force people to pursue asylum elsewhere.
- ICE Allows Democratic Lawmakers Inside Migrant Cells in New York City - The immigration agency had barred elected officials from the holding facilities. A federal judge this week said they must be given access.
- Democratic State Lawmakers Vow to Unite and Push Back on Trump’s Deportations - Lawmakers from a half-dozen states said Thursday they will use legislation next year to thwart the tactics of federal law enforcement carrying out immigration policies.
- ICE Must Allow Lawmakers to Inspect Detention Centers, Judge Rules - Judge Jia M. Cobb wrote that two policies announced in June appeared to unlawfully bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits at immigration detention facilities.
- Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship - An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”
- Appeals Court Allows National Guard to Remain in D.C., for Now - A three-judge panel voted unanimously to allow troops to stay in the capital for the duration of the appeal, citing the city’s unique legal status.
- Australia, After a Mass Shooting During Hanukkah, Looks for a Path Forward - The Bondi Beach massacre has people fearing more anti-Jewish violence — and an Islamophobic backlash. But there are reasons to think stability will prevail.
- Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries - People from Syria, South Sudan and those with documents issued by the Palestinian Authority are included in the latest restrictions. More than 35 countries are now under U.S. travel restrictions.