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Trump Administration Says It Will Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing

The response came after a federal judge rebuked officials for failing to immediately comply with the order he issued last week.

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An immigration court in New York in May. More than a million applications for asylum and immigration had ground to a halt under Trump administration policies.
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Sheriffs in Maryland Challenge State Limits on Cooperation With ICE

A lawsuit by a group of 17 county law enforcement officers is another front in the Trump-era fight over local police’s role in immigration enforcement.

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Maryland’s Community Trust Act, among other measures, bars local officials from asking people about their immigration status.
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Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say

The women are among nearly two dozen people slated to be sent to a country where the U.S. government has advised “Do not travel for any reason.”

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The Trump administration is working to find ways to deport some migrants to third countries as a way around court orders barring their return home.
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Violence in Belfast After Brutal Stabbing Attack: What to Know

There was unrest in Belfast and elsewhere after video of a brutal stabbing circulated online, amplified by far-right activists.

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The aftermath of overnight riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday.
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Stray Drones Are Setting Off Alarms in Europe, and the U.S. Deports a World Cup Referee

Plus, why Americans are clamoring for European sunscreen.

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Ukraine has been sending swarms of drones to hit Russian ports, oil terminals and other facilities on the Baltic Sea — but some have veered off course en route.
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House Passes G.O.P.’s $70 Billion Immigration Bill

The vote gave final passage to Republicans’ megabill to fund immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Trump’s term, clearing it for his signature.

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Why a U.K. By-Election in Makerfield Could Topple Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, is running for a seat in Parliament. It’s a vital step in a campaign to oust his party colleague Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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Andy Burnham launching his special election campaign last month. He was a member of Parliament for more than a decade before becoming mayor of Greater Manchester.
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U.S. Judge Reverses Decision on Colombian Woman Deported to Congo

The judge had previously ruled that the woman had been improperly deported by the Trump administration and had ordered her returned to the United States.

© Justin Makangara for The New York Times

A hotel in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, housing deportees from the United States in April.
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When ‘BeKind’ Protesters Were Invited to Join a Clap to Remember Henry Nowak Their Nasty Core Was Revealed

When 'BeKind' counter-protesters in Crowborough were invited by protesters against the town's migrant camp to join in a clap to remember Henry Nowak their nasty core was revealed, says Madeleine Gillies.

The post When ‘BeKind’ Protesters Were Invited to Join a Clap to Remember Henry Nowak Their Nasty Core Was Revealed appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Trump Administration Seeks to Revoke U.S. Citizenship of 17 Immigrants

The push to denaturalize more immigrants is the latest sign that the administration is setting its sights on the legal immigration system.

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“We will continue to use every lawful avenue to denaturalize and remove aliens,” Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, said in a statement.
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AI-Powered Surveillance Takes Off in Texas

by Francesca D’annunzio | Texas Observer via Truthdig Over the past several years, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has quietly built out an expansive surveillance apparatus — one that’s increasingly powered by artificial intelligence. Many of these technology acquisitions have been made under the auspices of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, an $11 billion program that has supercharged the state’s decades-long border militarization. The powerful and well-funded state police agency has not just expanded its existing surveillance capabilities, which include a fleet of spy planes, unmanned drones and a network of wildlife game cameras that are deployed across […]
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