US Customs

  • Temporary protected status for Venezuelans revoked: What it means

    Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has rescinded a rule that temporarily protected migrants fleeing ongoing armed conflict or other extraordinary and temporary conditions on Wednesday. The temporary protected status for roughly 600,000 Venezuelans has been revoked immediately, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. What it means: Venezuelans who were protected are now subject to removal…

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  • US govt seized thousands of German luxury cars over ‘forced labour’ allegations

    Thousands of Volkswagen Group luxury cars have been seized by US customs due to alleged violations of forced labor laws, the Financial Times reported this week. Several thousand Audis and around 1,000 Porsches, as well as several hundred Bentleys, are being impounded in US ports after the authorities found a component in the vehicles that…

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