The Latest Breaking News from Immigration

A judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations plays out

Mahmoud Khalil met his son before crucial immigration court proceeding after ICE initially denied a meeting

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider

Plus: Trump bill passes the House, Danish father of five detained in ICE custody in Louisiana, and more...

IN FOCUS: Net migration is down to just 431,000, the lowest level in over three years, while illegal immigration via small boats and asylum-related migration remains high. Data correspondent Alicja Hagopian reports.

COMMENT: By taking office just as net migration was passing its peak, the prime minister has been a lucky general, says John Rentoul – but there is more than meets the eye in new figures showing it has halved in a year

In an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, billionaire and Trump megadonor Elon Musk offered his thoughts about what motivates political progressives to support immigration. In his view, the culprit was empathy, which he called “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization.”

The drop has been driven by a fall in the number of people coming to the UK to work and study.

NET migration to the UK halved in 2024, according to new estimates ...