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It’s been a tumultuous year in San Francisco immigration court. At least 88 asylum seekers were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at court hearings. More than half of immigration inspectors were fired. Fear and anxiety are widespread.At the heart of it all has been immigration lawyer Miri Atkinson keeping things together. She leads the San Francisco Bar Association’s “Lawyers of the Day” program. This program provides free legal advice to people throughout Northern California when they appear in immigration court. She also heads San Francisco’s Rapid Response Network, which seeks legal representation for people in the city arrested…

Immediately after the hearing, ICE officers detained the man in the hallway of 26 Federal Plaza. Stairwells and elevator banks have become the front lines of immigration control, and compliance does not guarantee protection. Photo: Nicolo Filippo Rosso At the immigration courthouse in central Manhattan, armed and masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers wait in hallways and near elevator stops, detaining people immediately after their hearings, regardless of whether the judge has granted them permission to stay pending their hearing. Many of those detained had fully complied with legal procedures, attended hearings, provided documentation, and had no criminal records.…

As Americans gather for holiday celebrations, they will silently thank health care workers who are keeping their families and friends healthy. The ICU nurses who stabilized my grandparents, the doctors who adjusted difficult prescriptions, and the home health aides who made sure our elderly relatives could safely bathe and eat. Far fewer may realize how many of these professionals are foreign-born or how the immigration policies formed in Washington today determine whether the same families will receive care when they need it in the future. As an economist who studies how immigration affects the economy, including the health care system,…

2025-12-16T17:21:34.067Z share facebook email × linkedin reddit blue sky whatsapp copy link Lightning bolt icon An icon shaped like a lightning bolt. impact link keep saved read with app This article is available only to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading today. Already have an account? Log in. I recently spent two nights at the Ritz Carlton Naples in Tiburon, Florida. This was my first time staying at a Ritz-Carlton hotel, and there were a few things that surprised me about this chain. I didn’t expect to have access to two locations. I was also surprised by…

One of President Donald Trump’s top aides has some thoughts about Elon Musk.In a series of interviews with Vanity Fair published Tuesday, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles addressed Musk’s time as the de facto leader of DOGE, her thoughts on the Musk-led shutdown of USAID, and some of Musk’s personality quirks.”Elon’s challenge is to catch up with Elon,” Wiles told the paper, adding that Musk is an “public ketamine” user who “sleeps in a sleeping bag” during the day in an office building adjacent to the White House. “He’s a quirky, quirky duck, as I think geniuses are.…

The Kremlin’s wartime pivot to Beijing helped keep the Russian economy afloat under the weight of widespread Western sanctions, but it also came at a high cost.This line, which now looks like a lifeline, could lock Russia into a long-term role as Beijing’s junior economic partner. Russia now relies heavily on China for key industrial products and advanced inputs that are currently blocked by Western sanctions, according to a report released Friday by the Atlantic Council think tank.“Economically and politically, Russia-China relations are at the same time highly asymmetric and mutually beneficial,” wrote Elina Rybakova, non-resident senior fellow at the…

When Gbenga Asilole thinks about the American job market, several things keep him up at night. They are slowing demand for entry-level talent, tariff confusion, and high interest rates.ChatGPT is not one of them.”There will come a time when AI is just part of everything we do, but we’re not there yet,” said Asilole, chief economist at the left-wing Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, adding that “the economy is paralyzed.”The labor market is showing clear signs of weakness. The long-term unemployment rate is on the rise, and the percentage of Americans looking for work these days has exceeded the…

Elon Musk’s net worth has soared to a record $648 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and his wealth added this year is more than LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault’s entire fortune of $205 billion.The Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s wealth soared by $178 billion in just two days, taking his year-to-date profits to an unparalleled $216 billion.If this were his total wealth, he would rank sixth on the richest list — ahead of not only Arnault but also former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.Mr. Musk’s record wealth is partly a reflection of Tesla shares, which closed…

Former Liberal finance minister Josh Frydenberg has held Anthony Albanese personally responsible for the deaths of 15 people in the Bondi terror attack, saying the prime minister is blaming a “perverted ideology, a terrorist ideology”.The comments were part of an extraordinary escalation of political rhetoric on Wednesday, as the New South Wales premier said the government would consider new restrictions on protests, saying they would “tear apart our communities”.Mr Frydenberg accused the prime minister of “letting down” Australia’s Jewish community over the Bondi terror attack. His comments came amid bipartisan disagreement over the response to the shootings, with former coalition…

A trainee constable shot dead in Sunday’s Bondi Beach terror attack has been left blind in one eye, but questions remain about the experience and number of officers involved.Jack Hibbert, 22, joined the police force just four months ago and was on duty Sunday night.”While serving and protecting the community, Jack sustained two gunshot wounds, one to the head and one to the shoulder,” the 22-year-old’s family said in a statement.”When the incident first occurred, Jack was on duty patrolling a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, interacting with local residents. Jack was taken to intensive care, where he was intubated…