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500 US troops deploy in Chicago ahead of court hearing
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» CHICAGO - Five hundred US troops deployed in the Chicago area on Thursday as part of President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown, despite strenuous objections of local leaders seeking a judge's order to block the mobilisation.
Trump calls for jailing of Illinois Democrats as troops arrive
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has called for the Democratic governor of Illinois and mayor of Chicago to be jailed for resisting his mass deportation campaign, a day after armed troops from Texas arrived in the state.
On Trump's orders, 200 troops from Texas arrive in Illinois
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Two hundred Texas National Guard troops have arrived in Illinois, a Pentagon official said Tuesday, ahead of a planned deployment in Chicago that is strongly opposed by local Democratic officials.
Digitisation needed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/10/2025
» Re: "New DES minister urged to prioritise AI", (Business, Sept 23). My son, who completed a BBA, has just joined an MBA programme at a local university. For this, he had to cancel his existing visa from his college and apply for a fresh one through his new university. He reached the immigration office at 8am and was given token 78 for cancellation and 900 for issuance of a new visa. With each applicant's process taking about 10 minutes, he would easily be spending over 12 hours there. The officials work beyond 4.30pm and until 9pm to issue or reject every visa.
Driver arrested after night pursuit, transporting illegal migrants
Published on 01/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI - A Myanmar woman was arrested following a car chase in Sangkhla Buri district on Tuesday night, and nine illegal migrants crammed inside the car she was driving were also detained.
Trump tells military brass US faces ‘war from within’
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» QUANTICO, Virginia - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States faces a “war from within” from crime and immigration, in a darkly authoritarian speech to a rare meeting of the top US military officers.
Trump authorises 'full force' troop deployment in Portland
AFP, Published on 28/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday authorised the deployment of troops in the northwestern US city of Portland, extending his contentious domestic use of the military to support his mass immigration crackdown.
Baht flow puzzle
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/09/2025
» Re: "The baht's troubling rise", (Editorial, Sept 22). It is much discussed in the media and on social media about the mysterious inflow of money that causes the Thai baht to strengthen. Accounting-wise, the inflow is recorded as "Errors and Omissions". Even the finance minister-to-be said that he would have a discussion with the Bank of Thailand (BoT) about the issue. It is feared that the inflow is grey money.
Immigration Bureau faces new scrutiny
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/09/2025
» The Police Immigration Bureau (IB) is fuming over a Reuters documentary-style interactive graphic report based on interviews with nine people who had allegedly been trafficked to scam centres in Myanmar between 2022 and 2025.
Thai immigration denies scam-gang abduction links
Published on 20/09/2025
» The Immigration Bureau has denied allegations made in a Reuters investigative report linking Thai officials to abductions of people who were taken to work in scam call centres in Myanmar.