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US President Donald Trump meets El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office on Monday (Tuesday AEST).

‘Uncharted waters’: US edges closer to constitutional crisis over deportee

Veteran Democrat Nancy Pelosi is among those accusing the Trump administration of defying the courts by refusing to return a man from a notorious Salvadorian jail.

  • Michael Koziol

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Neo-Nazis protesting outside Senator James Paterson’s office

Coalition senator dismisses neo-Nazis outside office as ‘cosplaying losers’

Masked neo-Nazis rallied outside the Melbourne office of Coalition senator James Paterson to chant racist slogans, saying politicians “will not go unpunished”.

  • Olivia Ireland and Roy Ward
Peter Dutton plans to cut new migrant numbers by 100,000 people each year.

Dutton to cut migrant numbers by 100,000 people each year

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton last year walked away from a commitment to cut new migrant numbers by 100,000 people each year. He says that target is now back.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Donald Trump in March ordered the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members in US to a prison in El Salvador.

Court clears way for Trump to use 18th century law for deportations

But in a bitterly divided decision that overturned a lower court’s block on sending migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the Supreme Court imposed some limits.

  • Mark Sherman
A man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador in an undated photo.

White House says it accidentally sent a man to a notorious jail – and now can’t bring him back

A judge has rejected as “eye-popping” the US government’s excuse for not returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had a permit to work in the US.

Bijay Sapkota, a former international student is an advocate for international students coming to Australia.

Coalition vows $5000 visa fee for international students at sandstone universities

Peter Dutton’s plan to increase international student visa fees would cement Australia’s application costs as the most expensive in the world.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Nicole Precel
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and frontbencher Jason Wood on the campaign trail in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Opposition migrant services spokesman declares family interests in migration firm

The Coalition’s shadow minister for migrant services has declared his family’s financial interests in a migration agency that helps people stay in Australia and overturn their visa refusals.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Masi Ayiik

Freed immigration detainee allegedly breached visa conditions 26 times before police shooting

Masi Ayiik’s earlier criminal history and persistent alleged visa breaches were revealed during a hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to decide if the 33-year-old should be released on bail. 

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Departures of migrant visa holders are expected to accelerate in coming years, according to leading demographers.

Migration tipped to plummet as post-COVID visas set to expire

A key election issue is high immigration levels, but new research says these will plunge. That’s in addition to falling fertility and shorter lifespans.

  • Shane Wright
Australia’s 47th parliament recapped.

Albanese started his prime ministership on a high. Then in one month, things started to unravel

A record-breaking election and one month that changed it all: we recap the highs and lows of the 47th parliament.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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