These immigrants fled violence, now harsh reality calls

Carolyn Komatsoulis, Kevin Fixler, Tribune News Service Gregory Bastos remembers being kidnapped along with a friend and beaten by Venezuelan forces for his political activism, not knowing whether he...

59 Afrikaners from South Africa get refugee status in US

In a strange twist of logic, US President Donald Trump, who had been opposed to immigration, had declared in February this year that white South Africans would be granted...

US offers $1,000 stipend to encourage migrants to self-deport

The Trump administration will offer a $1,000 stipend and travel assistance to migrants who elect to voluntarily 'self deport' from the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security said on...

90,000 Arab students in US under Trump scanner

A Louisiana immigration judge ruled last Friday in a high-profile case that Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil could be deported for pro-Palestinian activism. He is not only a legal...

From France to Mali, a deportee’s struggle far from home

In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris’ Champs-Elysees. He hasn’t seen any of...

Nine migrants found dead off Turkey after boat sinks

 Nine migrants died and another 25 were rescued on Thursday after their boat started sinking off the western coast of Turkey, officials said. The incident took place on Thursday...

Call ‘migrants’ by their true name — Immigrants

“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare’s Juliet asks, making the point that what matters is a person’s essence, not what we call them. That’s true in love. In politics, not...

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Migrant deaths hit record in 2024, with 10% violently killed: UN agency

Last year was the deadliest on record for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying on perilous routes and one in 10 of those killed violently in incidents such as...

No one could've imagined Yang would be deported to Laos

A former lawyer for the Hmong-American woman who was brought to the United States at eight months old and lived in Milwaukee until she was deported 11 days ago...