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U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry

Par :Michael Crowley
A State Department pilot program will tie the cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high visa overstay rates.

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The move is the Trump administration’s latest in a multifront effort to crack down on illegal immigration.
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U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry

Par :Michael Crowley
A State Department pilot program will tie the cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high visa overstay rates.

© Anna Watts for The New York Times

The move is the Trump administration’s latest in a multifront effort to crack down on illegal immigration.
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More than 140 African Migrants Feared Dead In Boat Disaster Near Yemen

Par :Ismaeel Naar and Abdi Latif Dahir
The vessel capsized along a heavily traveled but treacherous route for Africans transiting the war-torn country to find work in the rich Gulf states.

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Africans who are looking for work travel through Yemen, which has a porous land border with Saudi Arabia.
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More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen

Par :Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim
The trip across the Gulf of Aden is the first leg of one of the world’s riskiest — and busiest — migration and smuggling routes.

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The Gulf of Aden seen from Sirah Island, Yemen. Crossing the gulf is the first step in one of the world’s most dangerous journeys for migrants. Tens of thousands attempted the trip last year.
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Judges Keep Restrictions on Los Angeles Immigration Arrests

Par :Miriam Jordan and Tim Arango
An appellate panel upheld a finding that federal agents appeared to rely exclusively on race and other factors, such as speaking Spanish, in making arrests.

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Federal agents blocked people protesting an immigration raid at a licensed cannabis farm near Camarillo, Calif., in July.
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Florida Is Buying Plane Tickets for Unauthorized Immigrants to Self-Deport

Par :Patricia Mazzei
Immigrants in custody, with no felony convictions, may be offered direct commercial flights home — and avoid “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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Gov. Ron DeSantis said that unauthorized immigrants could avoid being taken to the state-run detention center in the Everglades if they chose to self-deport.
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A New Border Wall in Arizona Would Block a Key Wildlife Corridor

Par :Douglas Main
The barrier, in a remote part of Arizona, would threaten one of the most important remaining animal migration routes on the state’s southern border, according to a new report.

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A Trump Ally Pressed for a Mexican Citizen’s Release From ICE Custody

Par :Pooja Salhotra
The office of Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana asked the Department of Homeland Security to release the detainee, who is married to a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

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Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, helped release Paola Clouatre from detention after an immigration judge halted her deportation order.
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Trump Administration Authorizes Deployment of National Guard at ICE Facilities

Par :Chris Cameron · Hamed Aleaziz and Eric Schmitt
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo said that National Guard troops would assist in the deportation process for migrants in their custody.

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Federal agents outside an ICE detention facility in Newark last month.
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House Democrats Sue ICE for Barring Them From Detention Facilities

Par :Michael Gold
The 12 Democrats accused the Trump administration of violating the law when it turned them away from immigrant detention sites and imposed a new policy limiting congressional access.

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Representative Dan Goldman at an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations field office in New York last month. He is one of the dozen Democrats seeking to have the new ICE guidance on congressional visits dismissed.
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Harvard Will Share Employee Forms With Trump Administration

Par :Alan Blinder
The government can request the employment eligibility verification forms related to citizenship and immigration status as a matter of course, but Harvard was surprised to receive such a voluminous demand.

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Harvard is in negotiations with the Trump administration about a possible settlement to its clash over research funding and academic independence.
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The Far Right in Germany Wants to Soften Its Image, Not Its Policies

Par :Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze
The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has adopted a code of conduct for its members, without changing its positions on immigration and other issues.

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Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, co-leaders of the Alternative for Germany party, in the Bundestag in Berlin this month.
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The Ripple Effects of an ICE Raid on a Nebraska Meatpacking Company

Par :Eli Saslow and Erin Schaff
Glenn Valley Foods tried to verify every hire through a federal system. After a raid, the company is wondering how it can keep going.

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Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Illinois Sanctuary Measures

Par :Mitch Smith
The Justice Department had sued the leaders of Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, center, has defended the city’s immigration policies.
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Venezuelan Migrant Takes First Step Toward Suing the U.S. Over Detention in El Salvador

Par :Jazmine Ulloa
Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel, who was held in a prison in El Salvador, filed a claim Thursday against Homeland Security, accusing it of wrongful detention.

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Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel was held for four months at the Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, in El Salvador.
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Rulings Order Abrego Garcia’s Release and Guard Against Hasty Deportation

Par :Alan Feuer
The two judicial rulings meant that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could be released in the coming weeks and return to Maryland.

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Demonstrators holding up signs outside the federal courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., this month.
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Education Department Investigates Scholarships for DACA Students

Par :Vimal Patel
The department said it was examining whether universities that provide financial help for children who arrived in the country as undocumented immigrants are discriminating against U.S. citizens.

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The Department of Education said it would investigate five universities for offering scholarships to students who came to the United States as unauthorized immigrants.
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Britain Moves to Curb Migrant Trafficking, and Ease Anger at Home

Par :Michael D. Shear
Officials tried to ease public anger by penalizing networks run by gangs and organized crime. Experts and critics say the actions are unlikely to make much impact.

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Migrants left coastal France near Calais this month in an attempt to reach Britain. The number of migrants arriving in small boats after crossing the English Channel has surged in the past year.
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States Sue Over Unauthorized Immigrants’ Access to Federal Programs

Par :Madeleine Ngo
The suit comes after several federal agencies said they would no longer allow unauthorized immigrants to benefit from more than a dozen health and education programs.

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The lawsuit is led by New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, who was joined by 20 other attorneys general.
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Marines Will Begin Withdrawing From Los Angeles

Par :Shawn Hubler and Eric Schmitt
The departure of the Marines follows the removal of hundreds of other National Guard soldiers who were part of President Trump’s deployment to Los Angeles.

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Marines guarding the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles in June.
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Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask.

Par :Alyce McFadden
Los Angeles’s mayor said Sunday that masked immigration agents helped create a “reign of terror.” ICE’s director said agents could wear masks to “keep them and their families safe.”

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A federal immigration officer in Manhattan wearing a face covering last week.
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To Staff Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, ICE Entices Its Retirees

Par :Karoun Demirjian
The administration is offering financial incentives to lure back recently departed immigration officers as it works to fill 10,000 job openings.

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer at the agency’s Delaney Hall facility in Newark, N.J., in June.
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Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador

Par :Julie Turkewitz and Hamed Aleaziz
Ten Americans and permanent U.S. residents detained in Venezuela were traded for more than 250 Venezuelans expelled from the U.S. and imprisoned in El Salvador.
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State Dept. Official Testifies That Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Deportations

Par :Zach Montague
The head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs said his office regularly weighed criticism of Israel when determining whether to deny or revoke student visas.

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A pro-Palestinian demonstration at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in May.
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Border Patrol Agents Raid a Home Depot in Northern California

Par :Jesus Jiménez
The raid indicates a new strategy of going deeper into California after focusing on Southern California for several weeks.

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Gregory Bovino, center, the head of Border Patrol’s El Centro region, at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles last week. Mr. Bovino said that federal agents had begun operations in the Sacramento area.
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Trump’s Plan to Reopen Alcatraz Appears to Move Forward With Officials’ Visit

Par :Heather Knight
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a federal prison could work.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, after visiting Alcatraz Island on Thursday.
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Justice Dept. Asks California Sheriffs for Names of Undocumented Inmates

Par :Jesus Jiménez
An A.C.L.U. lawyer said it was possible that any sheriff who complied with the request could be in violation of California’s so-called sanctuary state law.

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Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County, third from right, with deputies in Altadena, Calif., in January. His agency signaled it would not honor a request the Justice Department’s request for the names of noncitizen inmates.
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Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.

Par :Shawn Hubler
Thousands of National Guard members have served in the L.A. region since last month. Six soldiers spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.

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Members of the California National Guard have protected federal buildings and accompanied agents on immigration raids in the Los Angeles region.
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Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration

Par :John Eligon and Hamed Aleaziz
The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.

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Mswati III, King of Eswatini, addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2023.
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The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center

Par :Patricia Mazzei and Hamed Aleaziz
Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication.

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Florida raced to open the Everglades detention center on July 3, eager to help President Trump’s immigration crackdown by providing more detention capacity.
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Migration Fears Turn Europe’s Borderless Dreams Into Traffic Nightmares

Par :Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze
Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago.

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German border guards stop cars crossing from Poland last week.
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Trump Releases About Half of the National Guard Troops in Los Angeles

Par :Shawn Hubler
President Trump mobilized the troops on June 7 in the wake of chaotic protests. They have remained in Southern California several weeks after most of the demonstrations had ended.

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About half of the California National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles are being released, Trump administration officials said on Tuesday.
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Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”

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Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Police Investigate Burning of Migrant-Boat Effigy in Northern Ireland as a Hate Crime

Par :Lizzie Dearden
An effigy of a boat containing mannequins of migrants was set alight in the village of Moygashel on Thursday, in an incident condemned by political and religious leaders as racist and threatening.

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