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Leonel Moreno, a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally, gained attention on TikTok for promoting legal loopholes and encouraging others to exploit U.S. laws protecting squatters. After failing to comply with immigration check-ins, he is now in ICE custody and has a court appearance scheduled for February 2025. Another case in Ohio involves Fermin Garcia-Gutierrez, who has repeatedly exploited gaps in the system, highlighting challenges in immigration enforcement.
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France is set to push through a controversial immigration law despite many measures being invalidated by the Constitutional Council, representing a hardening of immigration rules. The law allows for the deportation of foreigners with criminal convictions, including long-term residents, and includes measures to prevent placing under-18s in detention centers. Asylum applications increased, and with European Parliament elections approaching, President Macron faces challenges from the far right and relies on outside parties to pass legislation. The right-wing and far-right parties criticized the ruling, and there are calls for a second immigration bill, although the interior minister has no intention of doing so.
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A federal court has ruled that the Obama-era program known as DACA, which protects undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation, is still unlawful. The ruling by Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas is a setback for the Biden administration, which sought to codify the program into federal regulation. While the ruling means no new applications will be allowed, those who received their initial DACA status prior to July 16, 2021, can continue to renew their applications. The fate of DACA will ultimately be decided by higher courts, including the Supreme Court.
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