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As images of protests in Southern California have flooded television and social media in recent days, a key question has emerged: Why are so many protesters carrying Mexican flags at an American political protest? The sea of red, white and green Mexican flags at anti-deportation protests this week in Los Angeles has been seized upon by conservatives who argue that the demonstrations are inherently un-American, causing some protesters to consider leaving them at home. Photos of masked provocateurs waving Mexican flags atop burning Waymo taxis spread instantly across conservative social media this weekend. Republicans pointed to them as a prime...

Los Angeles was waking up on Monday to another day of high tensions with Donald Trump’s administration after a weekend of protests over immigration raids in the city, with the president controversially ordering in the national guard and the governor of California saying the state planned to sue in response. Federal agents the day before clashed with demonstrators in Los Angeles as police used teargas and “less-lethal munitions” to disperse crowds of people who were mostly peacefully protesting against immigration raids across the city and Trump’s deployment of the California national guard against the will of Governor Gavin Newsom and...

SUNNY HOSTIN: Can I say something? Because, you know, they keep on talking about criminals and immigrants being criminals. And I just want people to understand what the facts are and the stats are, is that undocumented immigrants are much less likely to have committed crimes than American citizens. American citizens commit more crimes than anyone who is undocumented. I also want to make the point that an undocumented immigrant is not a criminal because he or she is undocumented. That is a civil offense. So to call people illegal is in and of itself, I think xenophobic and racist

Feckless French authorities were seen standing by and doing nothing today as illegal migrants carried toddlers onto dangerously overloaded small boats ready to cross the Channel for Britain. In infuriating scenes the French police officers were seen with their hands on their hips and with their mobile phones out filming the moment the youngsters were crammed onto the deathtrap vessels. French authorities are failing to stop almost two-thirds of would-be Channel-crossing migrants, despite Britain paying our European neighbour almost £500,000 every day to do so. These astounding images were taken on the beaches of northern France this morning (Saturday May...

Inter-gang rivalries have led to an alarming rise in migrant violence, as GB News can exclusively reveal eight small boat migrants arrived in the UK with stab injuries in the past 12 months. The boiling tensions come as thousands of migrants converge on northern France ahead of an expected huge summer surge in small boat crossings. Just this week, one migrant was stabbed to death and two others seriously injured in separate incidents around Calais. One senior maritime security source told GB News the increase in violence was "extremely concerning". He added: "We're seeing gang rivalries, disputes between different factions,...

First responders got a call where a man was "stabbed multiple times." An Afghan refugee allegedly tracked down and stabbed an immigration caseworker multiple times in Michigan on Wednesday. The Orion Township caseworker's job was to help immigrants assimilate into the country. According to WXYZ, first responders answered a call where a man was "stabbed multiple times” on Red Boot Road near E. Silverbell and Kern roads in Oakland County, Michigan. The suspect in the case reportedly took off in a car but was later arrested and identified as a refugee from Afghanistan who was getting help from the victimized...

Leticia Jimenez expects to graduate from Cal State San Bernardino this spring with a degree in business administration. She came to the country without authorization when she was 2 years old and grew up working the fields of the Coachella Valley with her parents when school was out. She would be excited about the new opportunities her degree might present, but instead feels anxious every time she leaves the house. “I make sure that I say a good ‘goodbye’ to my parents,” she said. “I go out with more fear— anything can happen.” Jimenez, 21, is like millions of undocumented...

Suffolk County taxpayers could be on the hook for $60 million in a migrant class-action lawsuit for holding on to illegal immigrants until the feds could show up and ship them out of the country, officials said Wednesday. A federal judge ruled that the sheriff’s office in the Long Island county acted on its own when it held undocumented immigrants for deportation proceedings — because New York State law doesn’t allow local cops to do so. Adding insult to injury, the judge says the feds won’t have to chip in to pay off the hefty ruling — even though they’re...

Mexico is aiming to roll out a “panic button” for migrants living in the U.S.The emergency cellphone app would enable Mexican citizens facing imminent detention and deportation in the United States to alert diplomats and relatives.It’s just one of the plans being devised in Mexico in case President-elect Donald Trump goes through with threats of mass deportations.Mexico City — Hardly a day goes by here that Mexico’s president or one of her aides does not speak of some plan being devised in case President-elect Donald Trump goes through with his threats of mass deportations and punishing tariffs — testament to...

A group of 100 migrants was recently dropped into the cartel-infested resort town of Acapulco as Mexican authorities break up caravans trying to reach the US before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The Mexican government has started rounding up and transporting caravan migrants to Acapulco to try to thwart their plans to make it to the US border before Trump’s vowed immigration crackdown — and threatened 25% tariffs against Mexico if the border crisis doesn’t abate, according to The Associated Press. In recent years, the once-serene beaches of Acapulco, which had been popular with American tourists, have become choked with cartel...

The alarming 29% rise in Channel crossings since Labour came to power is a stark indictment of their weak and misguided approach to illegal migration. More than 23,000 migrants have made the dangerous journey since they scrapped the Conservative government’s Rwanda scheme. This surge isn’t just a statistic. It represents thousands of lives put at risk by Labour’s inability to tackle the people-smuggling gangs profiting from human misery. They have lost control of the borders and these criminals are exploiting desperate migrants, packing them into flimsy dinghies powered by inadequate engines. The result? More than 70 lives tragically lost this...

Honduras has threatened to shut down rent-free United States military bases in the country if President-elect Donald Trump carries out his mass deportation policy. President Xiomara Castro said officials would consider "a change in our policies of cooperation with the United States, especially in the military arena," in the face of "unnecessary reprisals against our migrants."... Honduran President Xiomara Castro has cautioned that she could consider ending military cooperation with the United States if President-elect Trump follows through on his proposals for mass deportations, rejecting asylum claims, and separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border....

The Vietnamese people smuggler emerged, briefly and hesitantly, from the shadows of a scraggly forest close to the northern French coastline. “Move away from the others. Come this way, fast,” he said, gesturing across a disused railway line to a member of our team, who had spent weeks posing undercover as a potential customer. Moments later, the smuggler - a tall figure with bright dyed blonde hair - turned away sharply, like a startled fox, and vanished down a narrow path into the woods. Earlier this year, Vietnam emerged - abruptly - as the biggest single source of new migrants...

'I love Kamala Harris,' a young Venezuelan man declared as he rested on the side of a highway in southern Mexico last week. His belongings were heaped at his feet. Hundreds of fellow migrants stretched out along the roadway in both directions. They're headed for the U.S. and nearly all of them have an opinion about who should be America's next president. 'Donald Trump, no,' the Venezuelan man said, shaking his head and dragging his thumb across his throat in a slicing motion. He is one of thousands of migrants – from all over the world – joining a new...

RICHMOND, Calif. - A 14-year-old girl was killed, and her 11-year-old sister was critically injured in an early morning car crash in Richmond on Monday, police say. KTVU has confirmed the 14-year-old was a student at Richmond High School and her sister was a student at Ford Elementary School. The younger sister is awake but in the intensive care unit at a local hospital, according to the girls' aunt. Both recently came to the United States from El Salvador.

The crisis in America's asylum system has its roots in the Refugee Convention of 1951...The Convention's drafters emphatically rejected the notion of adding a right to asylum...The U.S. Congress should feel free to reform our nation's immigration laws to the extent necessary to end this mass influx of inadmissible aliens...

Climate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California — threatening to turn more of those annoying-but-harmless bites into severe illnesses, experts say. California already grapples with West Nile virus, a potentially deadly disease that was first detected in the state about two decades ago. But officials are now warning of a potential new foe: dengue, a viral infection that in the most serious cases can also lead to life-threatening complications. Until last year, all dengue cases reported in California were associated with people traveling to a country where the disease is common. But Los Angeles...

'I love an organisation that starts with H' also heard at gathering in Swiss Cottage. Screenshot: Twitter/X) A 27-year-old man has been arrested following a protest in North London, where chants allegedly in support of Hamas were heard. The arrest occurred after a video circulated online showing a man using a megaphone at a pro-Palestine demonstration in Swiss Cottage. The chants reportedly included: ‘I love the 7th of October’ and ‘I love an organisation that starts with H.’ In an initial statement on Twitter/X, the Metropolitan Police said: ‘Detectives investigating an incident at a protest in Swiss Cottage yesterday have...

The vicious Venezuelan migrant gang Tren de Aragua is luring desperate women deep into the heart of the US, forcing them to sell their bodies on the streets of American cities to pay off exorbitant smuggling fees, a newly leaked law enforcement document obtained by The Post reveals. At least eight states have seen an explosion in migrant prostitution since the gang laid down roots in the US, with authorities in Texas, Nevada, Illinois, California, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey and New York now fighting to curtail the sex trade, the memo shows. And the victims may be operating out in...

How many Haitians are living in Springfield? There’s no official tally. Mayor Rob Rue told CNN the city’s population has grown about 25% over the past three years, in part due to the arrival of Haitian immigrants. Between 12,000 and 15,000 immigrants are living in Clark County, which includes Springfield, according to estimates on the city’s website. Of that group, an estimated 10,000-12,000 are Haitian, according to a July presentation from the county’s health commissioner, who cited data from school and social services officials. The 2020 Census estimated about 60,000 people were living in Springfield, and 2022 data from the...