Customs and Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector via Associated Press The Trump administration has been under fire for weeks over its new “zero-tolerance” policy that has resulted in the separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents. On Sunday, a handful of reporters were permitted to tour Border Patrol’s largest processing facility in […]
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How Trump’s policies made Canada spend $131 million more on border patrols after its refugee system was inundated
Evan Vucci/AP Buffered by three oceans and the United States to the south, Canada has for decades had the luxury of being able to pick and choose its newcomers — but not since President Donald Trump started pushing against immigration. More than 20,000 people, including thousands of Haitians and Nigerians and hundreds of Turks, Syrians […]
Japan files protest against Chinese coast guard patrols near disputed islands
Tokyo has lodged a protest over four Chinese coast guard vessels it says violated its waters near disputed East China Sea islands. The complaint comes a week after the Japanese Navy sent its flagship helicopter carrier close to waters claimed by Beijing. Four China Coast Guard ships sailed into the disputed territorial waters in the […]
Indonesia eyes joint anti-ISIS patrols with Philippines & Malaysia
Indonesia’s military chief says Jakarta is looking to establish joint patrols with the Philippines and Malaysia for protection against Islamic State. It comes as the military said there are terrorists’ sleeper cells all over Indonesia. The patrols will be protecting the Indonesian territorial waters. Indonesia’s military chief, General Gatot Nurmantyo, said that he and Defense […]
Beijing warns Washington against naval patrols in disputed S. China Sea
Beijing has warned Washington against actions which would challenge China’s “sovereignty and security,” following reports that the US is planning naval patrols in the disputed South China Sea. Speaking at a news briefing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that tensions in the waters have stabilized, due to the hard work of […]
Japan supports but won’t join US ‘freedom of navigation’ patrols in South China Sea
Japanese Self Defense forces will not participate in US military patrols in the vicinity of South China Sea, the country Defense Minister clarified, a day after US and Japan agreed to enhance engagement in the disputed maritime region. At a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday, Japan’s Defense Minister Tomomi Inada promised the newly appointed US […]