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Trump administration rejects UN migration declaration, says ‘mass migration was never safe’
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The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it refused to back an International Migration Review Forum «progress» declaration, accusing the U.N. of efforts to «advocate and facilitate replacement immigration in the United States and across the broader West.»
The U.S. did not participate in the second International Migration Review Forum, held May 5–8 at U.N. Headquarters in New York, and will not support the declaration, the department said in a statement on Monday.
The forum is the U.N.’s main global platform for member states to review implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, according to the U.N. Network on Migration. The 2026 forum was scheduled to produce an intergovernmentally agreed «Progress Declaration.»
President Donald Trump ended U.S. participation in the U.N. process to develop the Global Compact for Migration during his first term in 2017, and now the State Department says the federal government will again affirm its opposition.
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President Donald Trump ended U.S. participation in the U.N. process to develop the Global Compact for Migration during his first term in 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Global Compact was adopted in 2018 after the U.S. withdrew from the process. The U.N. and International Organization for Migration describe the compact as a cooperative framework intended to improve migration governance across countries.
«As Secretary Rubio said, opening our doors to mass migration was a grave mistake that threatens the cohesion of our societies and the future of our peoples,» the department’s statement reads. « In recent years, Americans witnessed first-hand how mass immigration laid waste to our communities: crime and chaos at the border, states of emergency in major cities, and billions of taxpayer dollars funneled towards hotels, plane tickets, cell phones and cash cards for migrants.»
«Much of this was driven by UN agencies and their partners, which did not just facilitate the invasion of our country, but proceeded to redistribute our own people’s wealth and resources to millions of foreigners from the worst corners of the world,» it continued.
The department argued there was nothing safe, orderly or regular about any of this, adding that the costs «were borne primarily by working Americans forced to compete for scarce jobs, housing, and social services.»
«The UN has little to say about them,» the department wrote.
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The U.S. refused to participate in an International Migration Review Forum. ( Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
«President Trump is focused on the interests of Americans, not foreigners or globalist bureaucrats,» the statement reads. »The United States will not support a process that imposes, overtly or by stealth, guidelines, standards, or commitments that constrain the American people’s sovereign, democratic right to make decisions in the best interests of our country.»
The department concluded its statement by saying its goal is not to «manage» migration, but to «foster remigration.»
In a thread on X also announcing the move to object to the declaration, the department said UN agencies «systematically facilitated mass migration into America and Europe, even as citizens of these nations called for restrictions on migration.» It added that U.N. materials related to the Global Compact call for expanding regular migration pathways and reference «regularization» of migrants.
The International Organization for Migration says the forum is held every four years for countries to review progress and shape next steps on migration policy. IOM, which coordinates the U.N. Network on Migration, says the network includes 39 U.N. agencies working to support countries on migration issues.
The department alleged that «UN agencies – working with the NGOs they fund – established a migration corridor through Central America and to the U.S. border,» the post reads. «As the American people suffered under an unprecedented wave of mass migration, the UN was on the ground pipelining migrants to our southern border.»
The State Department said its goal is not to «manage» migration, but to «foster remigration.» (Denis Balibouse/File Photo/Reuters)
«After facilitating mass migration to the United States, UN agencies condemned the deportation of illegal immigrants,» the post continued. «While the United Kingdom faced unprecedented illegal boat crossings, UN agencies condemned plans for deportations. UN officials lobbied aviation regulators to prevent the deportation of migrants – an appalling violation of the UK’s national sovereignty.»
The U.N. Network on Migration describes the compact as «non-legally binding.» A U.N.-hosted text of the compact also says it respects states’ sovereign right to determine their national migration policies and to distinguish between regular and irregular migration status.
The declaration itself says the Global Compact is a cooperative framework and acknowledges that no state can address migration alone, while also upholding the sovereignty of states.
The department pushed back on the compact’s framing of migration as «safe, orderly and regular.»
«For the citizens of Western nations, mass migration was never safe. It introduced new security threats, imposed financial strains, and undermined the cohesion of our societies,» it wrote.
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«The United States will not legitimize global compacts that enable mass migration into America or Western nations,» the post added.
U.N. materials frame the compact as a cooperative framework for issues that often cross borders, including labor migration, border management, migrant protections and development. U.N. agencies, including the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, describe the IMRF as a state-led review process with participation from relevant stakeholders.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.N. for comment.
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ICE drops ‘uncontrolled’ fraud bombshell involving thousands of foreign students, ‘phantom employees’
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Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons announced that federal investigators have uncovered more than 10,000 foreign students connected to «suspect employers» as part of another potentially massive fraud scheme, this time involving the federal STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension program.
At a news conference Tuesday, Lyons said the cases uncovered thus far are «just the tip of the iceberg.»
OPT is a U.S. immigration program that lets international students on F-1 visas work temporarily in the country in jobs related to their field of study. Lyons said that when the program was first created under the Bush administration and expanded under the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security expected «only a few thousand foreign students would receive training approval before returning home.»
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«Instead,» Lyons said, that OPT «ballooned into an uncontrolled guest worker pipeline with hundreds of thousands of foreign students working in the United States.»
He added that «as the program size exploded, so has the fraud.»
Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arrives for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on oversight of ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and Citizenship and Immigration Services in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
«Today, we are announcing we have identified over 10,000 foreign students who claim to be working for highly suspect employers, and that’s just among the top 25 OPT employers. This is only the tip of the iceberg,» he said.
«We’ve dramatically expanded our oversight of OPT and can report that we found fraud nationwide.»
According to Lyons, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers have visited «problematic OPT worksite employers» in Virginia, Texas, Georgia, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and Florida. He said that many of the suspicious employers include nongovernmental organizations.
According to Lyons, investigators have «discovered empty buildings and locked doors at addresses where hundreds of foreign students are allegedly employed.» Investigators have also found hundreds of foreign students listed as working out of residential addresses.
«In many places,» he continued, «multiple OPT employers claim to operate from the same address, but none actually lease the facility.»
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«When someone does open the door, their statements are inconsistent, or they claim no knowledge of the business,» said Lyons.
The ICE director also said investigators uncovered what he referred to as «phantom employees,» who he said are foreign students who obtained work authorization through OPT but never actually showed up for work at the sites they claimed to work out of.
«This is not accidental,» Lyons concluded. «This is deliberate, coordinated and criminal.»
He added that «this fraud is not victimless,» calling it a «blatant attack on the goodwill of the American people.»
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Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration has launched a nationwide effort to investigate long-running taxpayer fraud, including a Department of Justice inter-agency task force established earlier this year. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
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Vice President JD Vance, who President Donald Trump appointed «fraud czar,» celebrated the discovery in an X post as «another great win for our fraud task force.»
Vance wrote that the administration «will not tolerate foreign nationals abusing our visa system at the expense of the American people.»
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Los cancilleres del BRICS se reunieron en India con la guerra en Irán y la crisis petrolera como ejes centrales de la agenda
En paralelo a la reunión entre el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y el líder de China, Xi Jinping, en Beijing, los ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de los BRICS, incluidos los de Irán y Rusia, se reunieron el jueves en Nueva Delhi, donde India advirtió sobre una “considerable inestabilidad” por la incertidumbre económica e inseguridad energética generadas por el conflicto en Medio Oriente y la crisis del combustible.
India, que ocupa la presidencia del bloque este año, recibió a los jefes diplomáticos del BRICS ampliado, que ahora incorpora a Irán, Arabia Saudita y Emiratos Árabes Unidos, países enfrentados por el conflicto iniciado el 28 de febrero por Estados Unidos e Israel.
“Nos reunimos en un momento de considerable inestabilidad en las relaciones internacionales”, afirmó el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de la India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, en la apertura de la sesión, antes de las reuniones a puerta cerrada.
Entre los asistentes figuraron Abbas Araghchi (Irán) y Serguéi Lavrov (Rusia). “Irán insta a los Estados miembros de los BRICS y a todos los miembros responsables de la comunidad internacional a condenar explícitamente las violaciones del derecho internacional cometidas por Estados Unidos e Israel, incluida su agresión ilegal contra Irán”, declaró Araghchi frente a sus homólogos.
Jaishankar señaló que “los conflictos en curso, las incertidumbres económicas y los desafíos en materia de comercio, tecnología y clima están configurando el panorama mundial”. Añadió que existe una “creciente expectativa, sobre todo por parte de los mercados emergentes y los países en desarrollo, de que los BRICS desempeñen un papel constructivo y estabilizador”.
Los ministros de Asuntos Exteriores mantendrán además un encuentro con el primer ministro Narendra Modi. A la reunión ampliada del grupo también asistieron representantes de Cuba, Uzbekistán, Kazajistán y Nigeria, países socios invitados.
Las interrupciones en las rutas marítimas del Golfo y el bloqueo iraní al estrecho de Ormuz mantienen la volatilidad en los mercados de petróleo y gas, lo que incrementa la presión sobre las economías importadoras de energía, incluida la India.
“Los temas de desarrollo siguen siendo fundamentales”, añadió Jaishankar. “Muchos países continúan enfrentando desafíos en materia de energía, alimentos, fertilizantes y seguridad sanitaria, así como en el acceso a la financiación”.
“La paz y la seguridad siguen siendo centrales para el orden global. Los conflictos recientes solo resaltan la importancia del diálogo y la diplomacia. También hay un profundo interés compartido en fortalecer la cooperación contra el terrorismo”, agregó en su discurso de apertura Jaishankar.
China fue el único país fundador de los BRICS que no envió a su ministro de Relaciones Exteriores a la reunión en Nueva Delhi. El canciller Wang Yi no asistió a las sesiones debido a la coincidencia con la visita del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, a Beijing.
El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Rusia, Serguéi Lavrov, llegó el miércoles y se reunió con su par indio para “intensificar la cooperación energética y garantizar el suministro a la India” ante las presiones occidentales.
BRICS se fundó en 2009 como un foro para las principales economías emergentes que aspiraban a una mayor influencia en instituciones globales dominadas por potencias occidentales.
El grupo, integrado originalmente por Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica, se ha expandido con el objetivo de fortalecer su peso político y económico en el escenario internacional.
El encuentro ministerial de los BRICS, programado para este 14 y 15 de mayo, funcionará además como preparación técnica para la próxima cumbre de líderes del bloque, prevista para septiembre en Nueva Delhi. India buscará posicionar al grupo como una plataforma de coordinación del Sur Global, pese a las tensiones existentes entre algunos de sus miembros.
(Con información de EFE y AFP)
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The Senate cleared Kevin Warsh on Wednesday to lead the Federal Reserve, ushering in a new era at the central bank under President Donald Trump’s nominee.
The Senate confirmed Warsh, 54–45, concluding a monthslong search that began last summer for a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as his term neared its end. The vote was largely along party lines, with only Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman crossing over in support.
Earlier in the week, Warsh was confirmed to the Fed’s Board of Governors, a 14-year appointment and a required step before serving as chair. He previously served on the board as its youngest member at age 35 and now returns to lead the central bank at a pivotal moment.
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Though the Federal Reserve operates largely out of public view, its decisions shape borrowing costs, job growth and interest rates for millions of Americans, making Warsh’s confirmation a pivotal moment for how that influence will be wielded.
Warsh, a lawyer and financier, steps into the role at a particularly volatile time.
Kevin Warsh is a former Morgan Stanley banker who became the youngest member of the Fed’s Board of Governors in 2006. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The central bank is grappling with persistent inflation, the economic fallout from the war in Iran and a looming Supreme Court decision involving Fed Governor Lisa Cook, all while political pressure builds ahead of the midterm elections in November.
The 56-year-old multimillionaire has already signaled a clear break from the central bank’s current approach.
In testimony before lawmakers on April 21, Warsh pledged to keep monetary policy «strictly independent» and said he intended to keep the central bank «in its lane,» warning that the Fed had become too involved in social policy.
He has also taken aim at what he sees as a complacent central bank, warning that large institutions are prone to inertia and that clinging to the «status quo» in a fast-moving economy is not just outdated but dangerous.
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Kevin Warsh, incoming chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, has called a government-issued digital currency a «bad policy choice.» (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
At the same time, he has signaled openness to closer coordination with elected leaders and to work with the White House and Congress on non-monetary matters, an approach that could reshape how the Fed operates in Washington.
How that balance is struck could define not only Warsh’s tenure, but the future direction of the institution that plays a major role in the financial lives of millions of Americans.
Warsh will take the reins from Powell, whose eight-year tenure as Fed chair concludes Friday. Powell, widely considered the most crisis-tested Fed chair, is not leaving the central bank entirely.
Powell’s term on the Fed board runs through 2028, and he has indicated he plans to remain in place until all investigations into a renovation project at the Fed’s headquarters are complete.
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Powell, who holds one of the most influential posts in U.S. economic policymaking, has made clear he won’t step down until his term is up in May 2026. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
If Powell stepped aside entirely, it would have opened a seat for Trump to fill, giving him another opportunity to shape the Fed’s leadership. By staying on, Powell retains influence over U.S. monetary policy, potentially intensifying tensions with the president.
«I plan to keep a low profile as a governor. There is only ever one chair of the Federal Reserve Board. When Kevin Warsh is confirmed and sworn in, he will be that chair,» Powell told reporters at a news conference at the Federal Reserve on April 29.
Powell said that decision ultimately depends on the outcome of the investigation.
«I will not leave the board until this investigation is fully resolved with transparency and finality,» Powell said. «I’m encouraged by recent developments, and I am watching the remaining steps in this process carefully. My decisions on these matters will continue to be guided entirely by what I believe is in the best interest of the institution and the people we serve.»
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The Senate cleared Kevin Warsh on Wednesday to lead the Federal Reserve. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Powell’s tenure at the central bank dates back to 2017, when he was selected by Trump to succeed Janet Yellen. He was reappointed to a second four-year term by President Joe Biden in 2022, which expires on May 15.
The White House and Federal Reserve did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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