Immigration
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Trump’s Border Patrol Weapons Spending Skyrockets Amid Record Funding
A $170.7 billion, four‑year border funding package directs major investments to wall construction, ICE detention ($75 billion, $28.7 billion in 2025), Border Patrol hiring (3,000 agents), and state grants, expanding…
Backlash Mounts as JD Vance Calls Mass Migration Theft
After JD Vance’s Dec. 7 post calling mass migration “theft of the American Dream,” critics cited hypocrisy given…
Ontario 2026 Labour Reforms Remove Canadian Experience Barrier for Newcomers
Starting Jan. 1, 2026, Ontario bars employers with 25+ staff from demanding Canadian work experience in ads and…
Texas student Lucia Lopez Belloza deported home despite stay order
Babson freshman Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was detained at Logan Airport and deported to Honduras despite a Nov.…
Biden warned immigration chaos would follow; memo reveals
An internal 2020 memo cautioned that undoing Trump-era immigration policies without enforcement would cause a migrant surge. Biden’s…
ACLU Alleges Cuban Detainees Were Beaten for Refusing Mexico Removal
On March 1, 2025 the ACLU accused ICE of coercing Cuban and Venezuelan detainees—through beatings, shackling, withholding water…
New Express Entry Stream for Physicians and 5,000 PNP Spots
In 2025 Canada created a physician-focused Express Entry stream and added 5,000 PNP nominations for international doctors. The…
About 150 Canadians Detained by ICE, Including Toddlers, Since January
From January to August 2025, almost 150 Canadians were detained by ICE, including toddlers; one child was held…
DHS Launches Christmas Deportation Campaign: You’re Going Ho Ho Home
In December 2025 DHS rolled out a Christmas-themed deportation campaign using festive images of ICE, sparking condemnation from…
OPT Fair Tax Act Would End FICA Exemption for OPT Workers
The OPT Fair Tax Act proposes ending the FICA exemption for OPT workers, making both employees and employers…