UK and France agree to 'one in, 1 out' migrant deal
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Keir Starmer sealed a “one in, one out” migrant returns trial with French President Emmanuel Macron that highlighted the limits for now of the UK Prime Minister’s efforts to reset relations with European nations five years after Brexit.
Britain will grant asylum to one migrant in France who can prove a family connection to the U.K. in exchange for each arriving migrant taken back by France.
Under the proposal, the UK would initially return 50 Channel migrants to France each week, in exchange for the same number of asylum seekers.
The report undercuts months of assertions by senior Trump officials, who have repeatedly claimed they have no power to compel the return of these individuals.
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday during a news conference that there will be “no amnesty” for migrants and mass deportations will continue to achieve a “100% American workforce.” Rollins cited the number of adults in the Medicaid program,
DAVID SCOTT FITZGERALD is Theodore E. Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations and Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.
Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt sent a scathing letter to California's Gavin Newsom, calling on the governor to audit Medi-Cal provided to illegal immigrants.
Migrants in Calais have told the BBC that they will stop at nothing to reach the UK. "We're going to try again and again to cross to the UK," said one migrant, undeterred by the efforts of border police, "that's why it's a game, and we're going to win".
The Labour peer admitted her view might be controversial but said it would help the problem of migrants heading to the UK illegally.
Greek authorities have transported more than 500 migrants to a port on the mainland in an effort to relieve strain on the island of Crete after a surge in arrivals from Libya.