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Trump administration extends deportation protections for Lebanese people

Rare reprieve for people protected by temporary protected status granted after administration misses deadline The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese people from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the United States for another six months. The decision, announced Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), marked a rare reprieve for people protected by temporary measures that have been harshly criticized by Republicans. The exten...

By Associated Press

Trump’s ICE blitz cost 668,000 jobs, creating ‘chilling effect’ on US firms

The Trump administration’s immigration surge into US cities last year resulted in 668,000 job losses, creating a “chilling effect” that pervaded local economies, hurt businesses and affected American-born workers, according to a report from the Brookings Institution. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement campaign adopted “shock and awe” tactics that were broader and far more visible than previous enforcement efforts, including one started under former president George W. Bush in 2008 and...

By Bloomberg

US and China trade journalist expulsions in tit-for-tat moves

The Trump administration has revoked the visa of a Chinese national working for the state news agency Xinhua in the U.S. This move follows Beijing's decision to expel Vivian Wang, a New York Times correspondent, apparently over a DealBook event featuring Taiwan's leader

By Didi Tang and Matthew Lee

Trump administration grants rare reprieve to 11,000 Lebanese facing deportation

The decision was automatic, meaning that the administration missed the deadline by which they were supposed to decide on whether to extend the measure.

Trump administration wants to raise North American auto content to 82%, with half from U.S.

The proposed new thresholds were revealed to automakers during two days of bilateral talks to revise the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade that concluded on ‌Friday.