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Witness the Meta CEO's dedication to the most high-minded of causes: "currying favor with whoever's in charge."

www.engadget.com/big-tech/mar...
Mark Zuckerberg's nonprofit cuts ties with the immigration advocacy group he co-founded
Four out of five doctors recommend stretching your knee before excessive bending.
www.engadget.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices have been instructed to supply up to 200 denaturalization cases per month.

Less than 200 cases had been filed in the past eight years.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump team is pushing to yank American citizenship from more foreign-born people
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices have been instructed to supply up to 200 denaturalization cases per month.
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday

www.nbcboston.com/news/nationa...
Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into U.S.
The diversity visa program makes up to 50,000 green cards available each year.
www.nbcboston.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A British mother, a Ukrainian refugee, the wife of a Navy veteran, a German man about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary. These are the spouses of U.S. citizens recently detained by ICE at what they thought were going to be routine green card interviews

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Green card applicants married to U.S. citizens face new uncertainty amid arrests
The Trump administration says they were detained because they had overstayed their visas, but longtime attorneys say that has never been an issue previously for spouses of U.S. citizens.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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ICE Using Air Passenger Lists For Kidnapping

TSA is providing domestic passenger lists in real time to ICE.

They're using the names of travelers to kidnap people.

Until now, ICE has historically avoided interfering with domestic travel.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“I stand before you as a free man,” said Ábrego García, “I want you to remember me this way, with my head held up high.”

www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Judge issues order to prevent immigration officials from detaining Kilmar Ábrego García
Kilmar Ábrego García appeared at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore on Friday morning, less than a day after his release.
www.thebanner.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A number of detainees suffered serious injuries due to these physical abuses

www.texastribune.org/2025/12/10/t...
ACLU reports physical abuse of migrants held at Fort Bliss
The ACLU and other groups interviewed more than 45 migrants held at the detention center and call it a “human and civil rights catastrophe.”
www.texastribune.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Officers at the large immigration detention camp located at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas are allegedly mistreating detainees, with accusations including beatings, sexual abuse and clandestine deportations of non-Mexican nationals into Mexico

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse
Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being held
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The watches are built and operated by BI Inc, a company specializing in monitoring tech that runs the US government’s largest immigrant surveillance operation.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Here’s the list.
No ruskis - Interesting development
December 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The list of countries in the visa waiver program includes many European nations like the United Kingdom, Germany and France, as well as some U.S. allies around the world, including Australia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.

(No ruskis??)

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U.S. to require foreign tourists to submit 5 years of social media history — CBS News
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
apple.news
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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What’s collected, who’s affected and all that comes with it ⬇️

Pls read and share

www.onestnetwork.com/post/new-u-s...
New U.S. Rules for Visa Waiver Travelers: Expanded Data Collection, Mandatory Social Media Disclosure, and What It Means for Millions of Visitors
This change represents one of the most far-reaching updates to U.S. travel screening in over a decade, reflecting a broader shift in how gov
www.onestnetwork.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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“.. If you want to live in the best country on the earth, that is also the safest, and the one that will actually respect your work and offer you the right environment to flourish, well, come to Canada,” she said. 🇨🇦

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"This is where we are and it's going to continue. We live in a world of carnivores. Europe is not an island, and it will earn respect if it learns how to command respect," Alice Rufo, the number two minister at the French defence ministry

24newshd.tv/10-Dec-2025/...
Trump security strategy 'brutal clarification' for Europe: France
The national security strategy of US President Donald Trump, which brutally criticised Europe as facing
24newshd.tv
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
EU and Canada formalized a new chapter in their technological and economic cooperation, reinforcing their shared commitment to digital sovereignty, innovation, and democratic resilience

www.onestnetwork.com/post/eu-and-...
EU and Canada Forge Ahead on Digital Sovereignty, AI Cooperation, and Media Resilience at First Digital Partnership Council
EU–Canada launch new AI and digital identity agreements, boosting innovation, security, and media integrity as part of their strengthened Digital Partnership.
www.onestnetwork.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders are set to welcome home dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection on Saturday at Montreal’s airport.

globalnews.ca/news/1156649...
Dozens of Indigenous artifacts return to Canada from Vatican | Globalnews.ca
First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders welcomed 61 Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican at Montreal’s airport, marking the first step in returning items held for decades.
globalnews.ca
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Canadians staying in the U.S. for more than 30 days must complete an I-94 form and register with U.S. CIS upon entry.

The new measures, effective Dec. 26, also expand security screening, including mandatory fingerprinting and photographs for visitors.

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Canadians face confusion over new U.S. border crossing rules
Canadians travelling to the U.S. are facing new rules at the border. On Jan. 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled Protecting the American People Against Invasion, int...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Watch the magical moment as a Ukrainian choir performs the famous Ukrainian carol in Austria’s Parliament.
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The administration launched immigration enforcement operations in New Orleans and Minneapolis on Wednesday, a day after President said he would be sending National Guard troops to Louisiana.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Federal agents begin immigration operations in New Orleans and Minneapolis
The operations were launched a day after President Donald Trump said he’d be sending National Guard troops to New Orleans and disparaged Somali immigrants in Minneapolis.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM