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(Im)migration News Recap, Nov. 25-Dec. 1

by Victoria Macchi

   Editor's note: We want you to know what's happening, why and how it
   could impact your life, family or business, so we created a weekly
   digest of the top original immigration, migration and refugee reporting
   from across VOA. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA immigration
   team: [1]ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com.

   Silence in Rakhine

   At the site of Myanmar's [2]Inn Din massacre, which set in motion the
   exodus of hundreds of thousands of Muslims, villagers tell reporters,
   "I did not know about it."

   Death in detention

   A [3]Russian man who once said he was scared to go back to his home
   country died in U.S. custody in November. Activists blame the U.S.
   immigration agency for his death. Authorities say it was suicide.

   Undocumented numbers on the decline

   The number of undocumented immigrants in the United States is on the
   decline, a new [4]report shows -- by about 1.5 million. But while
   President Donald Trump's focus has been almost exclusively on the
   southwest U.S. border, [5]the bigger issue in terms of numbers is
   another category entirely: people who enter the U.S. with visas, but
   overstay their allotted time.

   Tear gas at the border

   There were protesters. There were U.S. federal agents. Then there was
   [6]tear gas. "I grabbed my daughters and started running," a woman told
   Reuters.

   The U.S. is using an array of tactics in a show of force at the
   [7]southwest border "to ensure public safety in response to large
   numbers of migrants seeking to enter the U.S. illegally."

   Trump maintains he is willing to partially [8]shut down the federal
   government next week if Congress doesn't approve funding to build a
   wall at the border.

   Stripping people of citizenship in Australia

   The country's prime minister wants to [9]revoke citizenship for
   convicted terrorists; but, that could leave felons stateless, lawyers
   point out, leading to an indefinite legal limbo.

References

   1. mailto:ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com
   2. https://www.voanews.com/a/at-scene-of-rohingya-massacre-burmese-villagers-wary-of-press/4679252.html
   3. http://https://www.voanews.com/a/russian-detainee-dies-in-us-immigration-custody/4678683.html
   4. https://www.voanews.com/a/4677046.html
   5. https://www.voanews.com/a/pew-number-of-undocumented-in-us-drops-/4677120.html
   6. https://www.voanews.com/a/were-women-children-or-a-mob-tear-gassed-at-us-border-/4677025.html
   7. https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-implores-mexico-central-america-to-block-migrants/4673019.html
   8. https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-willing-to-shut-government-over-border-wall-funding-/4678185.html
   9. https://www.voanews.com/a/australia-seeks-to-make-stripping-citizenship-easier/4672845.html