Immigration

Eighteen refugees living in Kenyan camps have had long-promised jobs in Canada withdrawn after years of preparation. The cancellations leave the group facing renewed uncertainty in Kakuma and Dadaab.

May 11, 2026 Reported by AI

Authorities discovered the bodies of six people inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday afternoon. The victims, five men and one woman, are believed to have died from heat stroke as temperatures climbed to 97 degrees.

Edgar Sanchez-Solis, 24, pleaded guilty on May 7, 2026, to one count of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and five counts of alien smuggling for commercial advantage and private financial gain, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

May 06, 2026 Reported by AI Fact checked

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it removed Zakaria Songotoua, a 40-year-old former member of Burkina Faso’s dissolved presidential guard accused of participating in the country’s 2015 coup attempt, on April 22. The deportation followed an immigration judge’s order finding him ineligible for immigration status, according to The Daily Wire.

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, said Democrats could be “absolutely” willing to risk another Department of Homeland Security funding lapse at the end of September if Republicans do not accept changes to immigration enforcement, including limits on mask-wearing and a judicial-warrant requirement for certain arrests.

May 02, 2026 Reported by AI

Bruno Retailleau, Republicans leader and 2027 presidential candidate, accused Emmanuel Macron of being a 'willing hostage to Algeria's memorial blackmail' in a JDD interview. He denounces the president's 'ideological dependence' on OQTF expulsions and visa policy. Retailleau sharply criticized Macron's recent remarks on 'madmen' wanting to anger Algeria.