LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court said Monday it will allow the Trump administration to begin enforcing a controversial new policy making it harder for low-income legal immigrants to obtain green cards or visas. The administration’s new, expanded “public charge” rule, which makes it easier for officials to bar immigrants who use, or are deemed…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSANGERS)-A federal judge in Kansas has ruled that a law making it a crime to “encourage” or “induce” immigrants to enter or live in the country illegally is unconstitutional. KCUR-FM reports that U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia issued his ruling from the bench Wednesday before throwing out the convictions of Jose Felipe…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump on Saturday pinned the recent deaths of two migrant children on the southern U.S. border on his usual political foe, the Democrats, along with what he called “their pathetic immigration policies.” Trump’s reaction came four days after an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy with the fludied in government custody after surrendering…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Stefanou Pontesilli, says no fewer than 1500 Nigerians are serving jail terms for various offences in Italy. Pontesilli who made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Abuja said the number was huge. He said: “In Italy we have about 1500 Nigerians in jail for various…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italy has elected the first black senator in its history, it was announced on Tuesday, and he belongs to the anti-immigration League. The Local reports. Toni Iwobi, of Spirano in Lombardy, announced “with great emotion” on his Facebook page that he had been elected to the senate in Italy’s general election. “After…