Trump had sought to end asylum access for migrants, calling it necessary to stop an ‘invasion’. In July, a judge ruled it violated the law, an appeals court has now upheld the ruling.
The decision marks a withdrawal from the 2019 agreement to suspend anti-dumping investigation on fresh tomatoes. Mexico supplies nearly 70% of tomatoes in the US.
In episode 1601 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses Trump’s rejection of traditional diplomacy & willingness to use executive power to implement rapid changes.
The US government Friday ended Title 42, a Covid-inspired provision turning away asylum-seekers for public health reasons, & applied a new rule mandating migrants to use legal pathways.
The pandemic-era measure Title 42 had to expire on 21 Dec, but last-minute legal stays pitched border policy into limbo and made migrants decide they had little to lose by crossing.
Simultaneously, the Biden administration announced a number of new commitments to combat trafficking, smuggling, and corruption, as well as investments in economic development.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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