Cuban man is 18th person to die in US ICE custody this year: Monitor
Rights group says believed suicide underscores need for more oversight amid Trump’s mass deportation drive.

Rights group says believed suicide underscores need for more oversight amid Trump’s mass deportation drive.







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Lawyers say El Gamal family detained by Trump administration hours after returning home from 10-month detention.
Trump’s push for mass deportation has heightened fears that immigrant veterans of the US military could be expelled.
Judge had previously blocked move to end temporary legal status for those who entered US via Biden-era application.
Judges say Trump’s order for swift removal at the border ‘cast aside federal laws affording’ right to seek asylum.
India’s Foreign Ministry says comments by US radio host Michael Savage, circulated by Trump, are ‘uninformed’.
Pope Leo has previously criticised Donald Trump’s US immigration policies, calling for better treatment of refugees.
Senate votes 50-48 early on Thursday morning to advance the plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security.
Rights advocates have accused Trump administration of using third-country deportations to intimidate asylum seekers.
The Trump administration has signed multimillion-dollar deals with foreign countries to accept non-citizen deportees.
The ceramics industry in Gujarat’s Morbi has been badly hit by fuel crisis, with most units closed and workers laid off.