United Nations, refugee activities slam move, some calling it ‘Trump-like’

Action was also taken against 22 employers under the Immigration Act

LOS ANGELES, June 12 — California will face off with Washington in court today over United States President Donald Trump’s deployment of US troops in Los Angeles after demonstrators again took to the streets in major cities to protest Trump’s immigration crackdown.

LOS ANGELES, June 7 — Helmeted police in riot gear turned out yesterday in a tense confrontation with protesters in downtown Los Angeles, after a day of federal immigration raids in which dozens of people across the city were reported to be taken into custody.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 — A federal judge prevented the Trump administration from invalidating work permits and other documents granting lawful status to about 5,000 Venezuelans, a subset of the nearly 350,000 whose temporary legal protections the United States Supreme Court last week allowed to be terminated.

WASHINGTON, March 23 — United States President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, previously unpublished US Homeland Security Department (DHS) data show, far less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns in the last full year of Joe Biden’s administration.

GENEVA, March 18 — The United Nations migration agency said today that unprecedented cuts in donor funding this year will force it to scale back or shut down projects around the world, resulting in a severe impact on migrants.

KLANG, Feb 22 — Fearing arrest, a handful of foreigners used “guerrilla tactics” to avoid arrest by the Immigration Department (JIM) in an enforcement operation at the Meru Market Complex here early this morning.

WEST PALM BEACH, Nov 30 — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Donald Trump’s Florida resort yesterday to meet with the US president-elect, days after Trump threatened to slap tariffs on Canadian imports over border-related concerns.

BRUSSELS, Nov 15 — Qatar’s labor minister responded Monday to allegations about the conditions of migrant workers involved in construction work for the World Cup, saying a mechanism is already in place for those seeking compensation.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Ensuring migrants have equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine is crucial to gain control of the coronavirus, despite calls to have non-citizens pay for them or sideline them altogether, experts say.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — A total of 497 migrants and 28 human trafficking agents were deported under Op Benteng in Sarawak as a result of the integrated coordination of the National Task Force (NTF) from May 1 to last Sunday.

PUTRAJAYA, July 20 — Migrants who buy or possess fake MyKad can be prosecuted under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) when such offences, which are under the Immigration Act 1959/63, are included in Sosma.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — News broadcaster Al Jazeera has rejected allegations by Malaysian authorities that a documentary it aired last week about the arrest of undocumented migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic was inaccurate, misleading and unfair.

PUTRAJAYA, June 4 — A holistic approach is needed in order to curb Covid-19 infection among foreign workers, including illegal immigrants.