U.S. Court Orders Safety, Not Deportation, for Woman Facing Torture

Saying that government lawyers let their zeal for victory in a deportation case outweigh their responsibility to be fair, a federal appeals court last week ordered the United States to provide a haven for a woman facing the likelihood of torture in China.

The woman, Jinyu Kang, ( Read more... )

Two gay men who said they faced persecution in their home countries have the right to asylum in the UK, the Supreme Court has ruled.

The panel of judges said it had agreed "unanimously" to allow the appeals from the men, from Cameroon and Iran.

They had earlier been refused asylum on the grounds they could hide their sexuality by behaving discreetly.

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Ten Iraqis have been flown back to Baghdad due to "extraordinary interference" by government lawyers who told the High Court not to block the asylum-seekers' deportation.

The 10 are thought to have left Britain at 5.15am on Wednesday on a chartered flight which was scheduled to stop in Sweden to pick up more Iraqi detainees before heading to Baghdad ( Read more... )

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The mother of a Maryland second-grader who questioned First Lady Michelle Obama about the Obama administration's immigration policy will not be deported, federal officials said Thursday.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not take action against the mother, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) has roiled an already volatile immigration debate by saying that U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants should be deported.

The East San Diego County Republican’s comments surfaced Wednesday on a YouTube video of a tea party event in Ramona, CA on Saturday.

The video shows him speaking about the need to crack down on ( Read more... )

Marian Scott, Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL - A pregnant woman who was slated to be sent back to her native Guinea Tuesday morning has won a stay of her deportation.

Vic Toews, the public safety minister, made the announcement in the Commons during the daily question period.

Earlier in the day, Sayon Camara Sow was hiding in a car at Montreal's Trudeau ( Read more... )

By AMY TAXIN - 16 hours ago

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The federal government will scrap a program for illegal immigrants to turn themselves in for deportation after only eight people volunteered during a nearly three-week trial, an official said Thursday.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offered the pilot program in five cities, giving ( Read more... )

JOLOMCÚ, Guatemala - High in the hills of Guatemala, shut inside the one-room house where he spends day and night on a twin bed beneath a seriously outdated calendar, Luis Alberto Jiménez has no idea of the legal battle that swirls around him in the lowlands of Florida ( Read more... )

Posted Jul 30th 2008 8:50PM by Ana Kasparian ( Read more... )

Jul. 16, 2008 06:03 PM
Associated Press

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration and crime sweeps are being targeted in a lawsuit that alleged his officers have racially profiled countless Hispanics.

The attack on the sweeps alleged the officers based some traffic stops on the race of Hispanics who were in vehicles, had no probable cause ( Read more... )