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Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief October 24, 2026 — Washington recalibrates tariffs before midterms; Alberta votes on immigration control; Wainwright fire kills four soldiers. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Saturday, October 24, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Some Salvadorans with TPS say Social Security letters stopped their retirement pay, though DHS says their protection continues. The agency has not explained. The post Salvadorans Say Pensions Stopped in October appeared first on The Rio Times.
US citizenship approvals fell 72% in the first eight months of 2026 and the backlog passed 800,000, with Cuban green card holders among those waiting. The post US Citizenship Approvals Fall 72% This Year appeared first on The Rio Times.
Mehdi Hasan debates ex-Trump adviser Steve Cortes on the economy, Trump’s immigration policies and Islamophobia.
Rights groups are worried the agency at the heart of Trump's immigration crackdown could sway the vote on election day.
El-Sayed and Rogers also tackle immigration in Michigan while Kansas candidates spar over Ukraine.
The president thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the spotlight with a false pet-eating claim - years later, it remains at the heart of the immigration debate.
The 2022 incident resulted in the deaths of 53 immigrants trapped inside a tractor-trailer in dangerously high heat.
As the US midterms approach, immigration is once again dominating the country’s political discourse and Arizona’s largely agricultural Yuma County, just miles from the Mexican border, is no exception. But here, farmers like John Boelts are calling for more legal migrants, warning that without the labour they provide essential crops may go to waste or never be planted at all. France 24’s Sam Ball and Barbara Gabel sent this report.
Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that opened the door for US President Donald Trump’s administration to rearrest and deport the Palestinian activist. Khalil’s lawyers asked the justices to take up his case after the Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal immigration law barred a lower-court judge from ordering his release from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. Khalil was among...
Polls have found that Trump's hardline immigration enforcement effort has divided voters before the 2026 midterm race.
Official data shows tens of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers have been sent to countries they have no ties to.
Somali-born Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar is under investigation over potential crimes related to her family’s immigration paperwork. Federal agents have seized her phone, subpoenaed her relatives and searched her home.
Samara Klar, professor at the University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy, said that high prices are dragging Republican messaging in Arizona ahead of President Trump's visit to campaign in the state. Klar also spoke about the how the issue of immigration enforcement and border security is playing alongside affordability. She said that Republicans might not be able to capitalize on border wins as 'the economy is such an issue for voters that in many ways it’s overshadowing a lot of the successes Republicans might have otherwise been able to claim when it comes to border security.' (Source: Bloomberg)
Kana Liu, a Chinese Canadian living in the US on a work visa, felt compelled to speak up. Faced with a Department of Homeland Security proposal to charge up to US$100,000 in fees for international students to work in the US after graduation under Optional Practical Training (OPT), she rushed to the government’s public comment portal. “I firmly oppose the proposed $70,000 initial OPT fee and $30,000 subsequent fee,” she wrote on the federal comment site on October 12. “They create undue barriers...
US authorities raided the Washington, DC, home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar on Monday as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged immigration fraud, according to reports. The probe reportedly includes immigration paperwork completed by her late father when she was a child. Omar accused the Trump administration of using government institutions to target political opponents, describing the raid as an act of political intimidation. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson has the latests from Washington.
Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar’s home has been searched as part of an undisclosed ‘criminal investigation’.
Oscar Belgal, the 28-year-old man, survived the shooting and is now being held at a detention facility outside of New York, officials said.
Government reminds Trump administration that Indian professionals are “skilled contributors” to U.S. economy after U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance calls foreign workers “indentured servants”
Agentes de imigração dos Estados Unidos (EUA) atiraram e feriram um homem nessa quinta-feira (8) dentro de seu carro, na presença de uma criança, no bairro de Marble Hill, na cidade de Nova York, segundo o prefeito, a polícia municipal e testemunhas oculares. Agentes federais de imigração atiraram em pelo menos 21 pessoas desde que o presidente republicano Donald Trump voltou ao cargo, sete delas morreram, o que provocou protestos em todo o território dos EUA. Críticos afirmam que a pressão de Trump para intensificar as deportações levou a um número crescente de confrontos violentos e acusam o governo de se recusar a responsabilizar os agentes envolvidos. Trump tem dito que muitos imigrantes devem ser deportados, culpando-os, muitas vezes de forma generalizada, por fraudes financeiras e crimes violentos. “Relatos iniciais indicam que os agentes cercaram (o homem) e uma criança de 5 anos dentro do carro antes de dispararem vários tiros”, disse o prefeito de Nova York, Zohran Mamdani, em comunicado. “Estive ao telefone com o presidente Trump e com o secretário (de Segurança Interna) Mullin, negociando a libertação do homem baleado pelos agentes da Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Essas negociações não tiveram sucesso”, afirmou Mamdani em entrevista coletiva no final da noite. Ele disse ter pedido ao governo Trump que o ICE suspenda suas ações de fiscalização na cidade de Nova York. “Essas ações estão tornando a cidade menos segura”, declarou Mamdani. “Esta cidade quer que o ICE saia. Queremos o ICE fora da nossa cidade, das nossas escolas, dos nossos hospitais, fora das nossas ruas, longe das nossas crianças.” O prefeito disse que a criança que estava no carro não sofreu ferimentos físicos. A comissária da Polícia de Nova York Jessica Tisch afirmou que a Polícia de Nova York localizou a criança com um membro da família após verificação de bem-estar. O Departamento de Segurança Interna, órgão ao qual o ICE está vinculado, informou em comunicado que agentes do ICE estavam realizando uma “operação de fiscalização direcionada” no Bronx, em Nova York, para prender um homem da República Dominicana com antecedentes criminais. O homem, que teria 28 anos, havia sido preso duas vezes na cidade de Nova York em 2023 e 2025, segundo a comissária da NYPD, Tisch. “Durante o incidente, um agente do ICE disparou sua arma e o criminoso estrangeiro em situação irregular ficou ferido”, informou o Departamento de Segurança Interna, acrescentando que os agentes do ICE prestaram socorro imediato. “O indivíduo está vivo e em um hospital local.” *(Reportagem de Julia Harte e Kristina Cooke; Reportagem adicional de Jasper Ward e Ruchika Khanna) *É proibida a reprodução deste conteúdo.
US immigration agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a child present in the Marble Hill neighborhood of New York City, according to the mayor, city police and eyewitnesses. Federal immigration agents have shot at least 21 people since Republican President Donald Trump returned to office, 7 fatally, sparking protests across the US.
The Trump administration continues to crack down on immigration, with new restrictions on the H-1B visa programme. US Vice President JD Vance singled out Microsoft as having abused the system to recruit low-cost foreign workers, to the detriment of the American workforce. The tech giant has defended its hiring practices. Also in the show: Germany could join a UK-led fighter jet development programme, months after pulling out of a joint French project.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he would ask US President Donald Trump to remove federal immigration agents from the city as tensions flared over the latest shooting involving ICE. The New York Police Department said a man had been shot around 4pm in the Marble Hill neighbourhood of the Bronx during an altercation with federal agents. Mamdani and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) later confirmed that the shooting occurred during an operation of Immigration and Customs...
The US government is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several large IT firms from a programme that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency, senior US officials have announced, citing alleged fraud, and as part of an effort to push companies to hire more Americans. “Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” US Vice-President J.D. Vance said on Thursday. Vance said the programme required companies to advertise...
A 47-year-old Peruvian father of two died in ICE custody in Louisiana on 29 September. The cause is unknown, and his wife is now demanding answers. The post Peruvian Widow Seeks Answers on 29 September ICE Death appeared first on The Rio Times.
Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has led to a controversial practice: deporting tens of thousands of asylum seekers to third countries. Among the most vulnerable are LGBT migrants, who are being sent to African countries where homosexuality is a crime. Maya-Anaïs Yataghène has the story.