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.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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