IMMIGRATION NEWS

Kenya will start rolling out digital passports beginning September, to replace the current travel documents. The new electronic passports aim at curbing forgery and easing clearance at international airports across the world. Holders of old generation passports will only be allowed to use them for…

Canadian national Andreas Katsouris was in Nairobi working for the National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential campaign when a dinner outing on Friday night turned into a detainment and deportation. While on a dinner outing, what was meant to a time to enjoy himself turned into an action movie when…

The Kenyan government has extradited two foreign citizens on suspicion of working for the opposition, National Super Alliance without having work permit. An American and a Canadian were arrested on Friday in a twin operation by Kenyan authorities in Nairobi. Confirming the deportation, the US…

Kenya is likely to be one of the countries that will be highly hit by President Donald Trump administration’s plan to end visa program commonly known as the green card lottery, which has enabled over 17,000 Kenyans to move to the US and gain US citizenship in recent years. African countries have…

President Trump introduced legislation today with Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and David Perdue, R-Ga., aimed at cutting legal immigration to the United States. The bill — a revised version of an immigration-reform bill introduced in February — would change the system for granting legal residency, or…

The US Diversity Immigration Visa program, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery could be in jeopardy after President Donald Trump unveiled the RAISE Act, which if enacted into law will scrap the Green Card lottery system. In a White House event on Wednesday, President Trump said RAISE Act will…

Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff who garnered nationwide attention for his crackdown on illegal immigration, has been convicted of criminal contempt by a federal judge in Arizona. The ruling carries a possible maximum sentence of six months in jail and a monetary fine for the 85-year-old Arpaio. The…

Massachusetts court officers do not have the authority to arrest someone suspected of being in the U.S. illegally if that person is not facing criminal charges, the state's highest court ruled Monday. The Supreme Judicial Court opinion applied to officers who provide security in state courthouses,…

A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban is now in effect. The new rules, the product of months of legal wrangling, aren’t so much an outright ban as a tightening of already-tough visa policies affecting citizens from six Muslim-majority countries. Refugees are covered, too.…

The Republican-led House on Thursday pressed ahead with legislation to crack down on illegal immigration, a key priority for President Donald Trump. One bill would strip federal dollars from self-proclaimed "sanctuary" cities that shield residents from federal immigration authorities, while a…