#immigration-policy

#immigration-policy

The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump's controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands. The party's leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as it heads into its annual conference following a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed removals force would be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a bid to tackle illegal immigration.

The Trump administration is offering unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 (2,129) to voluntarily return to their home countries, according to a letter sent to migrant shelters and confirmed by immigration authorities. According to the letter sent by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Refugee Resettlement, the department will provide a "one-time resettlement support stipend of $2,500" to unaccompanied children 14 or older.

The queries and applications for U.S. universities have seen a significant drop, and students are considering alternatives. Destinations such as the U.K., Germany and Australia are being explored, and Canada is proposing a dedicated work permit for current and potential U.S. H-1B holders. All these initiatives and policy changes are sure to bring about a massive shift in demand for the U.S. as a destination.

The proposal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would limit international students to a fixed four-year visa period and restrict their ability to transfer schools or change academic programs. Students would be required to apply for an extension to remain in the U.S. beyond the fixed term. The Department of Homeland Security said the rules would "curb visa abuse" and increase DHS's ability to properly vet and oversee international student visa holders and "their history."

Lammy has clarified his remarks. He [Farage] has denied it and so I accept that he has denied it and I would like to clarify that position because in the end the prime minister is keen for us to focus on the policies not the individuals, Lammy said. For all that Labour claim they are focusing on policies not personalities, the party conference season spat suggests that Farage's character and his past are set to be front and centre of the country's political debate for the next few years.

I think Nigel Farage is playing the trick that I think he tries to play very regularly, which is he will say something that, technically he can say is not racist, but what he really knows is he's blown a very, very loud dog whistle to every racist in the country. That means he can always sort of claim plausible deniability and say: Well, you know, technically, my policy on ILR, for example, looking at indefinite need to remain for people who've been in this country for many years', he'll say: Well, that will apply to white people as well as non-white people'. Technically, that would be true, but he also knows he sent a very clear signal to every racist in the land that those who have made their homes in this country have come from other places, might one day have their status ripped off.

In practice, power over immigration policy is fractured, shaped by competing factions, starting with deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who has vowed in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination to destroy nameless forces that have conspired against the right - the long arm of law enforcement, he warned them, "will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power, and, if you've broken the law, to take away your freedom."

A family of three including a small child have become the first arrivals from France under Keir Starmer's one in, one out deal, the Home Office said on Wednesday. The move follows the removal of the first four asylum seekers from the UK to France over the past six days, despite ongoing legal challenges. Under the deal, signed in July by Starmer and Emmanuel Macron, the French president,

While cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles - even the suburban expanse of Orange County - have launched public servants into the Horseshoe in Sacramento, Northern California's largest city has long struggled to see one of its own take the office. That's an eyebrow-raising record considering the economic and political clout San Jose amassed as Silicon Valley's capital. Moreover, Grasty's announcement comes after Mayor Matt Mahan built considerable governor hype - crafting statewide name recognition through policy pushes and Newsom naysaying -