New York, United States | AFP | New York pastor Fabian Arias has been in constant mourning these past two months — the coronavirus has killed 44 of his mostly Hispanic parishioners, highlighting inequalities he says are being worsened by Donald Trump’s government. Amid the tragedies, the Argentine priest is providing a …
Read More »US top court sides with Trump on immigrant welfare benefits
Washington, United States | AFP | The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with a rule that aims to deny permanent residency and citizenship to immigrants who claim welfare benefits. The top chamber’s five conservative justices outvoted their four progressive colleagues to support a request by …
Read More »At Trump impeachment hearings, ‘American Dream’ looms large
Washington, United States | AFP | As impeachment hearings play out in Washington, high-level officials, many of them immigrants or children of immigrants, who have testified before Congress are being forced to defend their loyalty to the United States. Ukrainian-born Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council expert, rebuffed attacks …
Read More »We were fed cooked maize seeds in custody: Deported Ugandans
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five Ugandans who were deported after a week-long detention in Rwanda have narrated the ordeal they went through. They are Gilbert Beingana, Amos Tibesigwa and Nicholas Tumwesigye, all residents of Ndorwa West County in Kabale district and Ivan Nirinyiyimana and Beatha Nyiramuco, both from Kisoro …
Read More »US House votes to condemn Trump’s ‘racist comments’
Washington, United States | AFP | The US House of Representatives formally condemned Donald Trump on Tuesday for xenophobic attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers and hostile language targeting immigrants, as the president denied accusations of racism. Top Republican leaders rallied around Trump, but four members of the president’s party …
Read More »Canada looks to stem illegal migration from Nigeria
Montreal, Canada | AFP | Canada is trying to curb the number of asylum seekers from Nigeria who are flooding into Canada via the United States, officials said Monday. About 2,500 migrants, mostly Nigerian nationals, entered Canada illegally in April, bringing the total so far this year to more than …
Read More »VIDEO: 40 illegal immigrants arrested
VIDEO: Over 40 foreign nationals said to be illegally working in several places in Kampala have been arrested by officials from Immigration Department. The suspects were arrested from several companies in the Ruparelia Group. The alleged illegal immigrants were found in classrooms pretending to be pupils, others were cleaning the …
Read More »VIDEO: Government deports over 2500 illegal immigrants
NBS: The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control has beefed up its operations across the country following an increase in the number of illegal immigrants crossing into the country through the porous border. This has seen the deportation of over 2400 foreigners since the start of 2015. The Directorate has …
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