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Australia unveils plan to cut immigrant numbers
Dec 11, 2023Australia announced plans on Monday to reduce the number of immigrants entering the nation in an effort to quell a post-pandemic boom and allay voter ire over the country’s growing cost of living. The country’s center-left... -
One in 10 people in France an immigrant: statistics agency
Mar 31, 2023According to the first immigration survey conducted by the national statistics agency INSEE in ten years, a tenth of the population in France in 2021 will be foreign-born. It stated that nearly seven million people, or... -
Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden US Army discharge
Jul 8, 2018Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. He jumped at the chance to attend... -
U.S. attorney general curbs asylum for immigrant victims of violence
Jun 12, 2018U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday overturned a grant of asylum to a Salvadoran domestic abuse victim, potentially excluding immigrants seeking refuge from sexual, gang and other forms of violence in their home countries. The... -
Court orders Trump administration to give immigrant teens abortion access
Dec 19, 2017A U.S. District Court judge ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration must allow access to abortion for two pregnant teenagers who are in the country illegally, escalating a high-profile legal fight. Judge Tanya Chutkan... -
Carson calls slaves ‘immigrants’
Mar 7, 2017News Hour: Ben Carson, the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on Monday referred to slaves brought to the United States against their will as “immigrants,” drawing quick condemnation from... -
Protests call for U.S. immigrants to stay home from work, school
Feb 16, 2017News Hour: Activists are calling on immigrants to protest President Donald Trump’s tough stance on immigration by staying home from work or school on Thursday, not shopping and not eating out, in an effort to highlight...