Federal judge blocks US from deporting unaccompanied children to Guatemala

Federal judge blocks US from deporting unaccompanied children to Guatemala

Washington-based judge says removals of 10 children would violate US laws and schedules hearing for afternoon A federal judge on Sunday issued a restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deporting 10 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country after lawyers said the removals would violate US laws. The Washington DC-based district judge Sparkle Sooknanan ordered the administration to refrain from deporting the children for 14 days and called for a hearing at 3pm. The National Immigration Law Center, a pro-immigration advocacy group, brought the challenge on behalf of the children, who are ages 10-17. Continue reading...

Doubts cast on Kemi Badenoch’s claim of US medical school offer

Doubts cast on Kemi Badenoch’s claim of US medical school offer

Stanford University staff and academic experts raise questions over Tory leader’s claim of place and partial scholarship offered at 16 Doubts have surfaced over Kemi Badenoch’s claim to have been offered a place at a prestigious US medical school at 16, with admissions staff unable to recall the proposal and the university not providing the course. The Conservative leader has said in interviews that she was offered a place and a partial scholarship to study medicine – sometimes describing it as pre-medicine – at Stanford University in California, one of the most competitive in the US. Continue reading...