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Saudi Arabia mandates health insurance for temporary work visas
From April 10, 2025, Saudi Arabia requires employers to buy CCHI-registered health insurance linked to a worker’s passport before issuing temporary work visas. Coverage must include preventive care, dental, inpatient,…
Provincial Immigration Whipsawed Through 2025: Cuts Delays Uncertainty
Ottawa halved PNP targets to 55,000 for 2025, reducing provincial quotas and pausing many draws. Provinces must prioritize…
ICE Violates Policy by Detaining Detainees in Secret Rooms for Days
Throughout 2025 ICE held growing numbers of detainees in hold rooms beyond policy limits—sometimes days or weeks—prompting lawsuits…
ICE Deportation of Philadelphia Violence Figure Tied to Polec Case
On September 2, 2025, ICE Philadelphia deported Bou Khathavong to Laos, concluding a removal order from 2004 tied…
Why Martin County Sheriff’s Office Ranks Third in Immigration Encounters
Martin County’s 427 ICE encounters in 90 days place it third statewide. The Florida ICE Dashboard reveals 5,966…
UK-Linked Children in Syrian Camps After Citizenship Deprivation
By October 2025, over 30,000 detainees in Al-Hol and Roj include many children. UK citizenship stripping blocks repatriation,…
Trump Admin Makes Misleading Case in High Stakes Asylum Hearing
A 2025 federal ruling struck down a 212(f) proclamation that attempted to close asylum by invoking an “Invasion.”…
Clearsprings, Serco and Mears drive record profits from asylum housing
Britain’s three biggest providers of asylum housing are on course to post record profits in 2025, as Home…
ICE Detains Two SUNY Upstate Employees at Immigration Hearings
ICE detained two SUNY Upstate employees outside Syracuse immigration hearings on October 29, 2025, halting proceedings and risking…
Kristi Noem to discuss Chicago immigration operations in Gary
On October 30, 2025, Secretary Kristi Noem will report in Gary on Operation Midway Blitz, which began in…