Immigrants, the United States blocks visas from 75 international locations | EUROtoday

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The anti-ICE demonstrations in Minneapolis don’t cease. While Donald Trump blocks visas from 75 international locations and publicizes a lower in federal funding, beginning subsequent month, for states that embrace the so-called sanctuary citiescities ruled by Democrats, deemed too welcoming to migrants.

Federal forces have as soon as once more launched tear gasoline to disperse the gang protesting in opposition to the violence of the raids in opposition to immigrants, whereas the arrival in Minneapolis of one other thousand federal brokers is anticipated to affix the two,000 already despatched by Trump to “comb through Minnesota in the largest internal security operation in American history”.

The loss of life of Renee Good – the 37-year-old mom of three killed final week by an Ice agent for refusing to get out of her automotive – has additional elevated pressure in Minneapolis. The Department of Justice, in an unprecedented transfer, determined to not examine the lady’s killing, inflicting outrage and the resignation of quite a few prosecutors from the identical ministry. In the meantime, activists have organized themselves to ask the judiciary to dam the intervention of federal forces. Thus putting their motion alongside that of Minnesota and Illinois who’ve appealed to the federal courts to have the ability to restrict the presence of ICE and the border police in Minneapolis and Chicago. Over 50 Democratic lawmakers have known as for impeachment in opposition to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

The Republican administration insists on defending the raids in opposition to immigrants and fights again. Stephan Miller, White House deputy chief of workers, accused Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey of terrorism. “You can use the term riot, you can use the term insurrection, you can use the term domestic terrorism,” mentioned Trump’s high adviser on immigrant deportation coverage.

The crackdown on immigrants – along with tensions coming from the Middle East – has led the Trump administration to freeze the procedures for granting entry visas to the US for 75 international locations. These embrace Russia, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Afghanistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Thailand and Somalia.