Reading up on immigration

In Japan's 'Little Brazil' communities, Brazilian-Japanese residents face divided loyalties during the World Cup as they cheer for both their ancestral and home nations.

Switzerland's upcoming referendum will let voters decide on a constitutional amendment capping the population at 10 million to curb migration.

A family deported from the U.S. struggles to rebuild their life in Colombia, facing economic hardship, social stigma, and limited opportunities.

A new Trump administration rule requiring green card applicants to be physically present in their native country has caused confusion and worry among immigrants and their advocates.

The Trump administration shifts focus from illegal to legal immigration, making it harder for legal migrants to stay, a risky pivot.

The Trump administration requires green card applicants to leave the U.S. and apply from abroad, ending adjustment of status except in extraordinary circumstances, impacting hundreds of thousands.

The Department of Homeland Security created a new unit to review and potentially deport thousands of green card holders by scrutinizing past immigration records more aggressively.

Chinese-born AI researchers and founders have become central to Silicon Valley's boom, driven by elite math training, relentless work ethic, and intense career anxiety.

Immigration attorney Peter Roberts fields Hacker News questions on H-1B, O-1, green cards, and startup hiring amid changing US policy.

New Trump administration rules, including a $100,000 fee on certain H-1B visa applicants, have barred some employers from the program and disrupted the skilled worker visa system.

Oracle filed H-1B visa petitions while laying off thousands of workers, stirring debate over the program's fairness and labor arbitrage.

The Trump administration considers designating Brazil's two largest drug gangs as terrorist organizations following lobbying by Jair Bolsonaro's sons.

ICE agents have begun checking IDs in TSA security lines at some airports, raising traveler concerns, with unclear effects on wait times.

New York City’s population growth stalled as international immigration fell 70 percent from June 2024 to July 2025, according to new census data.

ICE agents are patrolling U.S. airports to enforce immigration law as a funding dispute over the Department of Homeland Security causes security checkpoint closures and travel delays.

President Trump said he would send ICE agents to U.S. airports Monday, using the threat to pressure Democrats to pass a new DHS budget.

Kristi Noem was fired as Trump's DHS secretary after advancing border policies but attracting damaging scrutiny to the administration.

Trump immigration sweeps have driven some Americans in Springfield, Ohio to convert basements into safe houses for immigrant families at risk of raids.

ICE detained Columbia student Elmina Aghayeva, whose Instagram promotes beauty and brains, while she avoided political posts unlike other arrested students.

The Trump administration barred the founders of HateAid, a German group fighting online abuse, accusing them of being part of a 'global censorship-industrial complex'.

A mass shooting at Bondi Beach has made Pauline Hanson's anti-immigration One Nation party more acceptable to some Australian voters, boosting its poll numbers.

Trump used his combative State of the Union to claim victory on the economy and border policy while deriding Democrats, and Spanberger's response accused him of sowing fear.

Across the US, people are vandalizing Flock license plate cameras in protest of the company's data sharing with ICE and immigration authorities.

Afghan commandos who fought for the C.I.A. now face deportation fears after a D.C. shooting exposed their precarious immigration status.

In Minneapolis, residents form car pools to monitor and disrupt ICE operations, braving the cold to protect immigrant neighbors from detention.

President Trump's retreat in Minnesota, amid polls showing opposition to his immigration tactics, demonstrates the political power of public anger as Republican lawmakers seek distance.

The US faces its first-ever population decline as falling birth rates and tighter immigration policies shrink the labor force and slow economic growth.

ICE subpoenaed Google for a student journalist's bank and credit card data following a pro-Palestinian protest, revealing the broad sweep of administrative subpoenas.

A long-term undocumented California couple chooses to return to Mexico voluntarily after Trump-era immigration enforcement intensifies.

According to the New York Times, ICE agents in Minneapolis use facial recognition, social media monitoring, and other tech tools to identify undocumented immigrants and track protesters.

Activists are knitting red 'Melt the Ice' hats to galvanize opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis and nationwide.

ICE expanded agents' arrest power via an internal memo, changing the standard from likely non-appearance to potential to leave the scene.

Hacker News commenters argue that Amazon's 16,000 job cuts are driven by offshoring and H1B visa fee increases, not AI.

Dozens were arrested after an anti-ICE protest at a Manhattan Hilton hotel in TriBeCa, where demonstrators claimed immigration agents were staying, following a similar protest in Minneapolis.

New census data shows U.S. population growth has slowed sharply due to falling birthrates and President Trump's anti-immigration policies, with further declines expected.

Thousands of protesters shut down streets in Minneapolis-St. Paul to demand ICE end its weekslong crackdown, with hundreds of businesses closing in solidarity.

U.S. immigration agents detained a 5-year-old boy in Minnesota after his father fled, prompting outrage as the agency said the man abandoned the child.

Minneapolis's progressive policies and multiracial governance explicitly reject Trump's authoritarian, nativist vision, explaining his political targeting of the city.

Trump's travel bans are creating visa hurdles and cost increases for international musicians, theater groups, and artists, endangering the performing arts industry.

Over 1% of New Zealand's population migrated to Australia in the past year, driven by higher salaries, better opportunities, and a more vibrant lifestyle.

Minneapolis residents are engaging in direct, confrontational street-level standoffs with heavily armed ICE agents, escalating local tensions into a high-stakes cat-and-mouse dynamic.

A Palantir app called ELITE maps deportation targets for ICE, using address confidence scores and immigrant density to guide raids.

Palantir is building a tool for ICE that maps deportation targets, provides dossiers, and calculates address confidence scores to enable large-scale immigration enforcement.

New viral videos show ICE and Border Patrol using increasingly aggressive arrest tactics in Minneapolis, heightening resident fear and frustration.

Trump-era immigration reduction policies are already shrinking the foreign-born population, visibly affecting hospitals, soccer leagues, and Main Street businesses across America.

An undocumented father living in New York recounts his trauma from a prior family separation and describes his ongoing fear that ICE deportation could separate them again.

An Afrikaner who moved to the U.S. after Trump invited white South Africans was detained in Georgia for months, highlighting immigration enforcement contradictions.

A CBS News 60 Minutes segment on Trump administration deportations to El Salvador was pulled before broadcast but leaked online.

The Trump administration announced it will prioritize revoking citizenship from foreign-born Americans who unlawfully obtained it.

A study finds 25% of US-trained STEM PhDs leave within 15 years, but the US still retains a majority of patent citation benefits from their work.

Chinese billionaire Xu Bo fathered dozens of U.S.-born children via surrogacy, aiming for boys to inherit his business, raising concerns about citizenship laws and parenting ethics.

The Transportation Security Administration is sharing passenger lists with ICE to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp publicly defends the company's work assisting Trump administration immigration enforcement, acknowledging it is controversial but lawful and necessary.

The Trump administration launches a Gold Card offering expedited U.S. residency for a $15,000 fee plus a $1 million contribution.

The Trump administration's Gold Card visa program sells residency for $1 million, aiming to raise billions and attract wealthy investors and entrepreneurs.

The U.S. plans to require foreign tourists, including those from visa-waiver countries like Britain and France, to share five years of social media history for scrutiny.

President Biden and his top advisers ignored expert recommendations that could have mitigated the southern border crisis, fueling Trump's return to power.

Sweeping immigration changes by the Trump administration have caused cancellation of naturalization ceremonies, blocking the final step to citizenship.

The Supreme Court will review Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship after lower courts ruled it unconstitutional.

Despite political rhetoric painting China as an adversary, Chinese talent remains a critical driver of American artificial intelligence research.

An opinion piece urges donations to New Life Centers, a Chicago group that provided aid when ICE arrived in the city.

A 19-year-old college student was detained by immigration agents at Boston airport and deported to Honduras while attempting to surprise her family for Thanksgiving.

Pakistan has expelled about a million Afghans this year, labeling them a national security threat and depriving them of a haven from Afghanistan's turmoil.

Trump responds to a shooting by demanding stricter migration limits and equating immigration with crime and economic harm.

U.S. agents are arresting foreign-born spouses of citizens at green card interviews, charging them with visa violations that risk deportation.

ICE arrested Bruna Caroline Ferreira, mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew, while she was driving to pick up her son from school.

As Europe toughens immigration policies, British Labour politicians adopt Denmark's restrictive asylum model, but its architect warns that balance is essential.

Trump-era immigration policies have expanded in scope and severity, targeting even legal residents with an unprecedented aim to reshape the country's demographic composition.