Immigration news

US immigration activists have described attempts made by Texas to build its own border wall as an ‘insurrection against the US’, according to a report published by The Washington Times. A major Latino group has urged President Joe Biden to quash increasing efforts being made by so-called red-state governors to enforce their own border security.

 

A writer for the Washington Post has said that generations of anti-US immigration sentiment, sexism and racism makes America’s Statue of Liberty a ‘meaningless symbol of hypocrisy’. The comment was made by Pulitzer Prize winner and the Washington Post’s art and architecture critic, Philip Kennicott.

 

The deadline to apply for the UK EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) closed on 30 June 2021 and official figures show that the UK immigration program has received more than six million applications – way beyond the number of EU citizens thought to be residing in the UK. In June alone, more than 400,000 applied for UK permanent residency.

 

Illegal UK immigration will officially be made a crime with a new landmark borders bill set to be introduced in parliament. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Express, Home Secretary Priti Patel has outlined her plans to overhaul the UK asylum system and clamp down on people traffickers.

 

The Biden administration is reportedly in talks with three Central Asian states over taking in more than 50,000 ‘at risk’ Afghans who worked with the US military. As US troops withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving just 1,000 behind for security, fears are growing over the safety of Afghans who helped US forces, amid a rising Taliban threat.

 

The High Court has ruled against the Home Office on a major UK immigration issue. Unaccompanied child refugees were wrongly refused family reunification by the Home Office, according to the High Court. Hundreds of children stranded in Europe, who were denied the chance to reunite with family, could now have their rejections overturned.