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World Cup referee denied entry to US

Just days before the World Cup begins, Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was denied entry to the United States, sparking fresh scrutiny of visa restrictions and immigration policies affecting participants in the global tournament.

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Somali referee denied entry to US for 2026 World Cup over ‘vetting concerns’

A top Somali referee selected for the FIFA World Cup has been barred from entering the United States, highlighting the real-world impact of the Trump administration’s travel restrictions as teams, officials, and support staff from affected countries navigate heightened scrutiny ahead of the tournament.

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5-Year-Old Taken From Minnesota Home Now Detained by ICE in Texas

A 5-year-old Minnesota preschooler was taken by federal agents from his family’s driveway and is now detained with his father at an ICE family facility in Texas, sparking national outrage and conflicting accounts from immigration officials.

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Exclusive: Trump administration plans to send hundreds of Guatemalan children in government custody back to home country

The Trump administration is moving to repatriate hundreds of Guatemalan children in government custody who arrived in the United States alone, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning who described the scope of the effort as unprecedented.

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Exclusive: New Trump administration plan could end asylum claims and speed deportations for hundreds of thousands of migrants

The Trump administration is planning to dismiss asylum claims for potentially hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States and then make them immediately deportable as part of the president’s sweeping immigration crackdown, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

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Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days

The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge in the coming days, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.

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Migrant flight heads to Guantanamo Bay as legal questions swirl around Trump plans

As tents went up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold migrants, attorneys at the Department of Homeland Security and Pentagon were still trying to determine whether it was legal to take the unprecedented step of flying migrants from the US southern border to the facility, according to two US officials and a person familiar with the planning.

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Trump allies, private sector quietly prepare for mass detention of immigrants

Donald Trump’s allies and some in the private sector have been quietly preparing to detain and deport migrants residing in the United States on a large scale, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.

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Harris isn’t ready to talk about who might serve in her potential administration

Kamala Harris has a packed schedule these days: multi-state campaign stops; briefings from advisers on issues at home and abroad; a steady stream of phone calls, meetings and interviews, all as she hopes that she will defeat Donald Trump in next week’s election.

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5 takeaways from Kamala Harris’ one-on-one interview with ‘60 Minutes’

Vice President Kamala Harris faced tough questions about how she’d pay for her economic plans, whether Democrats were too slow to enact border security measures, how she’d confront Russia over its war in Ukraine and more in a wide-ranging “60 Minutes” interview that aired Monday.

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