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GoFundMe Campaigns Launched to Aid Students Facing Detention or Deportation
A 2025 surge in GoFundMe campaigns supports students facing sudden visa revocations, SEVIS terminations, and ICE detention. The Fugees Freedom Fund (launched August 11) aims for $100,000 for rapid legal…
Six New York Counties and One Village Sign 287(g) Deals with ICE
As of August 24, 2025, seven New York agencies adopted ICE 287(g) agreements under WSO, JEM, and Task…
Supreme Court May Let Agents Stop and Question Latinos Nationwide
An August 7, 2025 emergency appeal asks the Supreme Court to permit ICE to use ethnicity, language, occupation,…
Airline Apologizes After Passengers Removed Over Plane Weight Limits
After viral weight‑related disembarkings, the DOT began a review in August 2025. Airlines updated warnings and procedures, offering…
OPT program under attack as lawmakers push termination and tighter rules
OPT remains active but faces major threats in 2025: H.R. 2315 would abolish OPT; the DIGNITY Act would…
UK MP Dhesi Urges Punjab Aviation Boom and NRI Justice Reforms
MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi urged Punjab on August 22, 2025, to secure nonstop international flights, reopen Amritsar cargo,…
D.C. Churches Report 20% Drop in Attendance Amid Immigration Fears
D.C. immigrant-serving churches saw about a 20% attendance decline in August 2025 after federalizing local police and removing…
Immigrant Officer Sparks Firestorm: Councilors Demand U.S. Citizenship Requirement
New Bedford’s hire of Edwin Yat Toj, a 25‑year‑old legal permanent resident, prompted the City Council to draft…
UK to Fast-Track Asylum Appeals Amid Widespread Hotel Protests
The government will move asylum appeals to a new independent adjudicator body with a 24-week statutory limit for…
19 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Mobile and Baldwin Counties This Week
A multiagency FBI Mobile operation arrested 19 people in Mobile and Baldwin Counties the week of August 18,…