Tag: crackdown
Trump Threats and Mexico’s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel
Trump Administration Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities. Investigators collecting evidence last month at a crime scene in a residential neighborhood of Culiacán, Mexico. By Natalie Kitroeff and Paulina Villegas Photographs by Daniele Volpe Reporting from Culiacán, Mexico…
How Trump’s crackdown plays into misperceptions about immigrants and crime
Joel Rose When the first migrant detainees arrived at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay on military planes, the Trump administration described them as hardened criminals. “It is holding those that are the worst of the worst,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News earlier this month. That was the public message. But…
Trump declares border emergency and scraps asylum app in immigration crackdown
From behind his desk in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and decrees aimed at cracking down on immigration. From an order tackling the definition of birthright citizenship, to an order declaring the illegal immigration at the border a national emergency, Trump swiftly made moves on his promises to…
Australia’s crackdown on scams could cost digital platforms and banks more than $100m
Treasury has estimated how much industries including telecommunications, social media and banks will likely need to fork out Digital platforms and banks could incur more than $100m of costs to comply with new requirements to crack down on scams, according to modelling by the Treasury. Treasury’s impact analysis found that banks – especially small and…