Reporting Highlights Harming Children: Kids were in cars, at home and walking to school when tear gas or pepper spray left them wheezing, coughing and struggling to breathe. The weapons are especially toxic to kids. Excessive Force: Judges described the use of these “less lethal” weapons as excessive but had no power to curb them…
(RNS) — A new report created by a pair of evangelical Christian organizations is raising alarms about the effects of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort on families, arguing that more than 1 million people could be “torn apart” from their families if current immigration policies continue at expected rates. The report, which was released…
As an asylum-seeker living in the U.S., Jasmir Urbina worried as she watched violence break out amid the military-style immigration sweeps across the country. Then she read about legal residents being arrested at immigration court and wondered when federal agents would set their sights on her city. Urbina had fled Nicaragua in 2022 and legally…
The Tennessee General Assembly wrapped up its annual session this week, with the Republican supermajority signing off on a slate of bills codifying some of the party’s priorities on education and other issues. Lawmakers expanded the number of school vouchers. They established new state power over the Memphis-area school district, and they put in place…
Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé was in bed at home in Anniston, Ala., when she was startled awake by banging. Men had surrounded the bungalow where Ms. Ross-Mahé, a French citizen, had lived with her American husband until he died in January. They were knocking loudly on the windows and doors. When Ms. Ross-Mahé, 85, opened the door,…
Shorouk Express Residency and citizenship crackdowns, repatriation grants, caps on foreign population, elections and all amid an expected and continued rise in the polls for the right… how will immigration trends change around Europe in 2026? If there’s been a defining issue of European politics in 2025 it has arguably been immigration. Even when the…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Asylum seekers could lose their automatic right to housing and financial support under Labour’s radical immigration crackdown. They will also need to wait 20…
Shorouk Express The population of Spain increased by 105,488 people in the third quarter of this year and stood at 49.44 million inhabitants as of October 1st, 2025, according to new data published by Spain’s national stats body. Spain’s population continues on its upward trajectory, the country’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) has revealed in…
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Shorouk Express MANCHESTER, England — Migrants entering the U.K. illegally should be escorted into international waters and forced to return to France, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said. Speaking during an interview with Sascha O’Sullivan at the POLITICO Pub at Conservative Party conference on Monday, Abbott suggested the U.K. could learn a thing…
