US judge blocks new immigration law in Texas

A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s preliminary injunction pausing a law that…

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Lords checkmate Rwanda plan!

The U.K.’s Upper House has passed five amendments on the Rwanda bill. If the amendments are ratified, it would make it harder for the lower house to declare Rwanda a “safe” country. It would therefore require the government to comply with domestic and in international laws. The amendments would also severely affect the main purpose…

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Departure of 613 non-procedural migrant workers postponed

The Class I Immigration Office at the Special Immigration Checkpoint (TPI) of Soekarno-Hatta (Soetta) Airport in Tangerang was able to postpone the departure of 613 non-procedural Indonesian migrant workers (PMIs). Of the hundreds of non-procedural PMIs, their departure through the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport was prevented from January to March 2024. “The total number of non-procedural…

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