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US IMMIGRATION

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 30, 2017
Tokyo silent as Trump immigration ban sparks global outcry
In sharp contrast to the outpouring of condemnation by leaders across the globe, top Japanese officials declined to comment on the tightened immigration policy of U.S. President Donald Trump, calling the move a domestic affair.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 30, 2017
Tens of thousands in U.S. cities protest Trump immigration order
Tens of thousands of people rallied in U.S. cities and at airports on Sunday to voice outrage over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting entry into the country for travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 29, 2017
How Trump's abrupt Muslim ban sowed confusion at airports and agencies
After immigration agents detained two Iraqis on Saturday at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, their lawyers and two U.S. representatives accompanying them tried to cross into a secure area — and were stopped themselves.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2017
Iraqis with ties to U.S. security forces are the first to sue over Trump's immigration order
An initial volley in a potential barrage of legal challenges to President Donald Trump's new restrictions on immigration came on Saturday on behalf of two Iraqis with ties to U.S. security forces who were detained at New York's JFK Airport.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2017
Canada's Trudeau welcomes refugees; airline force to turn back U.S.-bound passengers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed those fleeing war and persecution on Saturday even as Canadian airlines said they would turn back U.S.-bound passengers to comply with an immigration ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2017
Under fire, U.K. leader May criticizes Trump's curb on refugees
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday Britain did not agree with U.S. President Donald Trump's curbs on immigration after facing criticism from lawmakers in her own party for not condemning his executive order.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2017
Trump faces GOP split on whether to end 'Dreamers' shield
President Donald Trump faces a fight within his own party over whether he should immediately end deportation relief for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, a central part of his campaign pledge to take a harder line on illegal immigration.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2017
Trump seen shattering voting rights efforts, own legitimacy by ordering probe into unfounded poll 'fraud' claims
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would seek an investigation into what he believes was voter fraud in the November election, despite overwhelming consensus among state officials, election experts and politicians that it is rare in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2017
Trump poised to ink executive orders to curb refugees, immigration from Muslim states
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign several executive orders on Wednesday restricting immigration from Syria and six other Middle Eastern or African countries, according to several congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017
How data geeks could enable mass deportation
Technology companies have databases that document people's ethnicity, religion and other personal information on a massive scale.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2017
From Athens to Zihuatanejo, a global show of unity for women's rights
More than a million people are expected to attend women's marches around the world on Saturday to demonstrate against sexism and sexual violence and call for women's rights following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th American president.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 30, 2016
Leitch leading in Canada's Conservative Party leadership race
Canada's answer to Donald Trump is a pediatric surgeon and former Cabinet minister who, like the U.S. president-elect, is railing against immigration and political elites.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2016
As liberal Europe withers, whither the EU?
The EU started as a loose collection of states cooperating for common ends but has turned into a consolidated continental state with little concern for what European peoples desire.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 8, 2016
U.S. mayors appeal to Trump to maintain policy allowing young illegal immigrants to stay
Mayors from the largest U.S. cities warned President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday of the potential economic harm he might cause if he wipes out a program that allows young illegal immigrants to remain in the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2016
Tokyo court upholds deportation order for Thai teenager born and raised in Japan
A Thai teenager born and raised in Japan lost an appeal on Tuesday against a lower court ruling that upheld his deportation order, highlighting the country's deep reluctance to accept non-Japanese people, even as its population ages and shrinks.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2016
Swiss Upper House backs immigration bill avoiding EU quotas
Swiss efforts to curb immigration from the European Union without provoking a clash with Brussels cleared another hurdle on Thursday when parliament's Upper House backed giving locals first crack at open jobs rather than adopting outright quotas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2016
Central Americans surge north, hoping to reach U.S. before Trump inauguration
Central American countries warned on Thursday that large numbers of migrants have fled their poor, violent homes since Donald Trump's surprise election win, hoping to reach the United States before he takes office next year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2016
Don't build a wall — amend U.S. Constitution
A constitutional amendment can solve the U.S.' illegal immigration woes better than a wall on the border with Mexico.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 24, 2016
Japan-born son, Thai mom split by heartbreak legal deal
On a morning in mid-September, Utinan Won hugged his mother and then watched as she passed through departures at Tokyo's Narita airport on her way to Bangkok.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 24, 2016
Japan leaves unapproved asylum seekers and kids born in-country with dire choices
Visa please fall on deaf ears as justice ministry insists on executing deportation orders.

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