VOA immigration weekly recap, Feb. 2–8

Editor's note: Here is simply a look astatine immigration-related quality astir the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA migration team: ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com.

Historical precedent, ineligible questions swirl astir Trump program to detain migrants astatine Guantanamo

The Trump administration's enlargement of migrant detention facilities, notably its usage of the U.S. naval presumption astatine Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has reignited statement among quality rights advocates and ineligible experts. VOA’s migration Aline Barros reports.

What is birthright citizenship?

President Donald Trump is reigniting a fierce debate: Should everyone calved connected U.S. ungraded automatically go a citizen? This question strikes astatine the bosom of American identity, past and law. Trump signed an enforcement bid past period seeking to extremity the right, but 2 national judges person placed injunctions connected the order, pausing it indefinitely. Here’s what you request to cognize astir birthright citizenship.

Rubio visiting Costa Rica, Guatemala connected travel focused connected migration, information ties

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Tuesday with officials successful Costa Rica and aboriginal successful Guatemala arsenic portion of a circuit of Latin America focused connected migration, information practice and countering Chinese power successful the region. Rubio was successful El Salvador for talks Monday with President Nayib Bukele, and helium announced that Bukele had offered to judge immoderate deportees from the United States, careless of their nationality. Reported by VOA’s State Department Correspondent Nike Ching.

California metropolis breaks with authorities connected shielding undocumented migrants

U.S. Border Patrol agents are detaining undocumented migrants arsenic portion of President Donald Trump’s crackdown connected amerciable immigration. Many of those arrests person been successful California, wherever 1 metropolis is trying to interruption with the authorities and cooperate with national migration agencies. Genia Dulot reports from Huntington Beach.

10 'high-threat amerciable aliens' get astatine Guantanamo Bay

The archetypal undocumented migrants — described by U.S. officials arsenic the "the worst of the worst" — are being held successful jailhouse cells astatine the U.S. detention halfway astatine Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, waiting to beryllium sent home. The Pentagon connected Wednesday confirmed 10 "high-threat amerciable aliens" arrived Tuesday astatine the detention facility, wherever they are being held nether the ticker of officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Carla Babb, VOA's Pentagon correspondent, and Jeff Seldin, VOA’s nationalist information correspondent, report.

Trump's birthright citizenship bid enactment connected clasp by 2nd national judge

A U.S. national justice ordered a 2nd impermanent intermission Wednesday connected President Donald Trump's enforcement bid seeking to extremity birthright citizenship for anyone calved successful the United States to idiosyncratic successful the state illegally. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman said nary tribunal successful the state has endorsed the Trump administration's mentation of the 14th Amendment. "This tribunal volition not beryllium the first," she said. The Associated Press reports.

Trump medication moves to extremity deportation protections for 348,000 Venezuelans

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem connected Monday moved to region extortion against deportation from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans successful the U.S., portion of President Donald Trump's expanding migration crackdown. The determination means astir 348,000 Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status, much than fractional of each Venezuelans successful the program, could beryllium deported and suffer enactment permits successful April, according to a authorities notice. The announcement said the protections were contrary to U.S. interests and nary longer justified by conditions successful Venezuela. Reuters reports.

Afghan refugees successful California question clarity amid amerciable migration crackdowns

Afghan refugees successful the United States are expressing interest astir their presumption arsenic the Trump medication cracks down connected amerciable immigration. In California, migration lawyers are stepping successful to code these concerns and clarify the imaginable effects connected their status. Fahim Sediqi reports from Sacramento, California, narrated by Bezhan Hamdard.

Immigration astir the world

Darfuri women look intersexual unit successful war, refuge

Aid groups accidental intersexual unit is simply a changeless menace for women successful Sudan’s Darfur, but refugees besides accidental it’s a occupation for those who person fled the region. Reporting from a exile campy connected Chad’s borderline with Darfur, Henry Wilkins looks astatine the improvement of "firewood rape." Camera: Henry Wilkins.

US deportation formation carrying undocumented Indian migrants lands successful Punjab

A U.S. deportation formation carrying Indian nationals accused of entering the U.S. illegally landed successful the bluish authorities of Punjab connected Wednesday – the archetypal specified formation to India since the Trump medication launched a crackdown connected undocumented immigrants. The subject aircraft, which landed amid choky security, brought 104 deportees, according to media reports. Authorities did not corroborate the number, but said the deportees volition beryllium received successful a affable manner. Anjana Pasricha reports for VOA from New Delhi, India.

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A South Texas antheral was sentenced for conspiring to smuggle undocumented immigrants, resulting successful aggregate deaths.