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Fake German heiress Anna Sorokin released from US immigration custody

Fake German heiress Anna Sorokin has been released from US immigration custody, her attorney has confirmed. The con-artist, 31, whose exploits inspired the hit Netflix series Inventing Anna, has been held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),...

08 Oct 2022 at 03:41

World

Judge: ‘Fake heiress’ can fight deportation on house arrest

A US immigration judge cleared the way on Wednesday for fake German heiress Anna Sorokin to be released from detention to home confinement while she fights deportation, if she meets certain conditions. She must post a 10,000 dollar (£8,900) bond, ...

06 Oct 2022 at 17:52

Fake German heiress Anna Sorokin: I’m trying to fix what I’ve done wrong

Fake heiress Anna Sorokin says she chose to fight deportation back to Germany from the US because she is “trying to fix what I’ve done wrong”. The con-artist, 31, whose exploits inspired the hit Netflix series Inventing Anna, said public ...

11 Oct 2022 at 02:46

Migrants moved out of Manston amid overcrowding concerns

Home Office hopes to move 400 people from overcrowded Manston centre, says union

Migrants are being moved out of an overcrowded immigration centre. The union representing Border Force staff working at the Manston site in Kent said the Home Office hoped to take 400 people out of the site on Tuesday. Lucy Moreton, of ...

01 Nov 2022 at 22:51

Hundreds of migrants moved from Manston processing centre amid overcrowding

Hundreds of migrants have been moved out of an immigration centre in Kent following concerns it had become dangerously overcrowded. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said the number of migrants at the Manston migrant processing ...

02 Nov 2022 at 06:14

British backpacker detained in US for over 10 days after visa mix-up, family say

A British tourist on a four-month backpacking trip around North America has been detained by immigration officials in the US for more than 10 days after trying to enter the country via the Canadian border. Rebecca Burke, 28, a ...

11 Mar 2025 at 10:56

World

Detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil appears in US immigration court

Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appeared briefly on Friday in immigration court at a remote Louisiana detention centre as his lawyers fight in multiple venues to try to free him. Mr Khalil, 30, a ...

21 Mar 2025 at 22:51

World

Judge extends order blocking ban on foreign students at Harvard

A federal judge has extended an order blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to bar Harvard University from enrolling foreign students. US District Judge Allison Burroughs granted Harvard’s request for a preliminary ...

29 May 2025 at 17:18

World

Trump says he will send troops to Portland to handle ‘domestic terrorists’

President Donald Trump said he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities. He made the announcement on social media, writing ...

27 Sept 2025 at 22:28

British political commentator after release by Ice: ‘Extremists will never win’

A British political commentator held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) for more than two weeks has declared that “extremists will never win” following his release and return to the UK. Sami Hamdi, who is ...

13 Nov 2025 at 18:13

Ireland

Irish-American grandmother ‘overwhelmed’ after release from detention in US

An Irish grandmother has spoken about her relief after US authorities dropped attempts to deport her and released her from prison. Donna Hughes-Brown, 59, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) at ...

22 Dec 2025 at 11:15

World

Boy, five, ‘used as bait’ to detain father in US immigration crackdown

A five-year-old boy arriving home from pre-school in Minnesota has been taken by US agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family’s lawyer said. Federal agents took ...

22 Jan 2026 at 16:37

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