Germany to promote ‘dominant’ culture and make migrants assimilate, says MP from incoming government

Muslims in Germany: Caliphate is the solution

Germany will promote the inherent value of its “dominant culture” and make migrants assimilate, an MP from the country’s government-in-waiting has said.

In a clear shift from the Angela Merkel era, the centre-right Christian Democrats Union (CDU) has made the concept of “Leitkultur” a key pillar of its manifesto ahead of snap elections in February.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Alexander Throm, the CDU interior affairs spokesman, said Leitkultur was fundamentally the principle that foreigners should adopt German cultural values and not vice versa.

This is a win for the AfD. h/t DS

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The Local Sheriffs Gearing Up to Help Trump Carry Out Mass Deportations

FREDERICK, Md.—If President-elect Donald Trump ramps up deportations as promised, he will have a strong ally in Chuck Jenkins, the longtime Republican sheriff of Maryland’s Frederick County.

“I’m willing to support the president 100%,” said Jenkins, 68, gravel-voiced with a gray buzzcut. “I want to do more, within the law.”

That prospect is spreading fear in immigrant circles, advocates say, and drawing mixed views from residents in this growing county, which backed Democrats in the last two presidential elections. But Jenkins, once dubbed among the nation’s 10 toughest immigration sheriffs by Fox News, sees Trump’s imminent return to the White House as a mandate for a more assertive approach.

h/t DS

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Ireland’s migration election History shapes the nation’s populism

In many ways, Dundrum looks like the average Irish village. There’s a family butcher, a pub called Bertie’s, and rows of squatting slate-grey terraces. Yet walk down the R505, where Dundrum melts into the hedgerows of County Tipperary, and you’ll soon spot something else. There, outside Dundrum House, is an anti-migrant camp. Established back in August, locals are fighting the planned settlement of 277 refugees, with the former hotel set to be converted into an International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) centre.

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As Trump’s Mass Deportations Loom, Vast Scope of Migrant Crime Wave Comes Into Focus

The federal government’s failure to properly vet and keep track of lawless migrants leads to false claims that the illegal border-crossers are less likely to commit crimes.

In June, Victor Martinez-Hernandez was charged with the murder of a mother of five in Maryland, Rachel Morin. Police in Oklahoma tracked the accused repeat offender down with a sample of his DNA recovered from a Los Angeles home invasion in which a 9-year-old girl and her mother were assaulted. Police say he came to America illegally to escape prosecution for at least one other murder in his native El Salvador in December 2022.

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Sixteen caught crossing illegally into U.S. from Quebec in days before Trump tariff threat

On a late Saturday afternoon, two days before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Canadian goods over migrants and fentanyl, the RCMP alerted U.S. Border Patrol about a group of people crossing illegally from Quebec into an area near Chateaugay, N.Y.

Border Patrol agents initially spotted the group, but then lost them in the forests along these borderlands. Then, at about 7 p.m. ET, they found a white Acura with New Jersey plates parked on a dirt road near the border. The driver told the agents he was looking for a hotel before driving off.


Canada could make a good start by declaring a moratorium on all immigration, that includes closing the door on benefit shopping “asylum” seekers.

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Why Mexico Will Find It Tough to Heed Trump’s Calls to Tame the Cartels

President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to slap a 25% tariff on Mexico’s goods unless it stops fentanyl trafficking and illegal migration risks setting the trade partners on a collision course over an intractable challenge for both countries.

Ahead of the new trade negotiations, Mexico’s greatest weakness has been its historic inability to confront the powerful drug gangs that control about a third of the country. Mexico has had success stopping immigration over the past year, but ending drug smuggling might be an impossible ask, in part because of strong demand in the U.S.

Fentanyl is cheap to produce and easily smuggled. In some large areas of Mexico, organized crime groups dominate local and state officials. Different attempts to fight the gangs, sometimes with U.S. support, have led to violence at home without making any dents on the drug business.

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Trudeau cannot live in denial about U.S. border, tariff situation: Legault

QUEBEC — The best way to take away U.S. president-elect Donald’s Trump’s complaints about the Canadian border is to beef up controls, Premier François Legault said Wednesday.

Arriving for question period at the legislature a few hours before a meeting of Canada’s premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Legault said he expects a concrete plan from Ottawa.

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Why Is Trump Identifying the U.S.-Canada Border as a Problem?

President-elect Donald Trump’s ire toward Mexico for the flow of migrants into the U.S. is nothing new. Now, he has added Canada as a target over the issue.

“As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before,” he asserted on the social media platform Truth Social on Monday. The post also laid out his planned course of action: a 25 percent tariff on all imports from both countries.

Here’s a look at what’s happening at the northern U.S. border.

No question that the Canadian numbers do not approach those of the US-Mexican border but the numbers are increasing and Canada has done very little to secure immigration & refugee” screening while becoming an easy mark for human traffickers.

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Trump team eyes funding showdown with ‘sanctuary cities’ over immigration

President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers are discussing how to unilaterally strip federal resources from Chicago and other Democratic-run cities if they refuse to participate in deportations of undocumented immigrants next year, according to three people familiar with the conversations.

Advisers to Trump have pushed for using federal pressure — such as withholding federal funds — against municipalities that don’t cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on deportations, the people said. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe efforts not yet made public.

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“Refugee Lawyers” – Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown: Here’s what it means for Canada

The incoming Trump administration plans to send families to internment camps, deport 12 million undocumented people, and to end temporary protected status (TPS), a designation for migrants who cannot safely return home. Some of these people will have well-founded refugee claims and will look to Canada.

As refugee lawyers, we heard countless stories from clients during the first Trump administration who initially arrived in the U.S. but did not remain there. Trump’s anti-migrant rhetoric and policies propelled them to cross into Canada, many at Roxham Road.

Must be worried they’re going to lose business if Canada cooperates with Trumps sensible plans.

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Why illegal alien invaders from India are risking it all to chase the American Dream

In October, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) sent a chartered flight carrying Indian nationals back home, marking a growing trend in deportations to India.

This was no ordinary flight – it was one of multiple large-scale “removal flights” carried out this year, each typically carrying more than 100 passengers. The flights were returning groups of Indian migrants who “did not establish a legal basis to remain in the US”.

According to US officials, the latest flight carrying adult men and women was routed to Punjab, close to many deportees’ places of origin. No precise breakdown of hometowns was provided.

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How Trump could finally kick Tren de Aragua out of the US after Biden admin stopped deporting Venezuelans

More than 800,000 Venezuelan migrants have poured into the US in the last four years, including hundreds of members of the brutal prison gang Tren de Aragua.

But, the Biden administration gave up trying to deport the criminals and gangbangers in January after the Venezuelan government stopped accepting deportation flights from the US.

It’s a problem President-elect Donald Trump will have to solve in order to make good on his promise of mass deportations.

I hope Poilievre is paying attention.

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Canada Fears Trump’s Mass Deportations Will Push Migrants North

At 5,525 miles, it is the longest border between any two countries. And that border — separating the United States and Canada — seems set to become a flashpoint between the close allies as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to take power.

The Canadian authorities fear that Mr. Trump’s promised mass deportations will push migrants north, while allies of the incoming president headed for key roles in his administration have raised alarms over a recent spike in undocumented migrants crossing from Canada to the United States.

Canadian officials are drawing up plans to add patrols, buy new vehicles and set up emergency reception facilities at the border between New York State and the province of Quebec to prepare for what they expect to be a surge in migrants because of Mr. Trump’s hard line on deportations.

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Multiple Migrants Arrested in ‘Sanctuary States’ for Attacking Women, Children, & Dogs

What do Massachusetts, New York, and Colorado have in common? According to the nonprofit Global Refuge, they’re all considered “sanctuary states.” Unfortunately, something else they all have in common is that some of the migrants they’re harboring have been arrested for attacking women, children, and dogs in recent weeks.

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