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US immigration officers instructed to halt arrests of non-criminal immigrants: report

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been instructed to stop arresting immigrants who do not have criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, according to agency sources. Under the reported directive, federal immigration agents may arrest immigrants with criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, while those with final deportation orders but no criminal convictions or charges would not be arrested, The Daily Wire reported. The reported change would also end so-called “collateral arrests,” under which officers may detain others without legal status encountered while pursuing a criminal target, according to sources. Read: US judge blocks Trump limits on how long foreign students, journalists can stay The reported directive comes amid increased scrutiny of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies and ICE operations. Several ICE officers expressed frustration about the reported change, with one...
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Top US, China diplomats to meet at ASEAN talks

Southeast Asian foreign ministers gather in Laos this week for talks on the disputed South China Sea and the conflict in Myanmar, with top diplomats from China and the United States slated to meet on the sidelines. The three-day meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starts in the capital Vientiane on Thursday. Antony Blinken will meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the event at which he will "discuss the importance of adherence to international law in the South China Sea", according to the US State Department. Beijing claims the waterway -- through which trillions of dollars of trade passes annually -- almost in its entirety despite an international court ruling that its assertion has no legal basis. A series of clashes between Philippine and Chinese vessels at flashpoint reefs in recent months have fuelled fears of a conflict that could drag in the United States owing to its mutual defence treaty with Manila. ASEAN ministers are expected to issue a joint communique after their meeting on Thursday. In a draft seen by AFP, some ministers expressed concerns over "serious incidents" in the waterway "which have eroded trust and confidence, increased tensions, and may undermine peace, security, and stability in the region". A Filipino sailor lost a thumb in a June 17 confrontation when Chinese coast guard members wielding knives, sticks and an axe foiled a Philippine Navy attempt to resupply its troops on a remote outpost. Beijing and Manila later reached an agreement allowing for the resupply of the troops stationed on a rusty warship deliberately grounded on Second Thomas Shoal in 1999 to assert Manila's claims to the area. One diplomat who is attending the meeting in Vientiane said China's assertiveness in the sea was pushing some Southeast Asian countries closer to the United States. Diplomats in the region were also preparing for the possibility of a Donald Trump victory in November's US election, they said, requesting anonymity to speak to the media. ASEAN countries "more or less have a feel of how to deal with him... They know what are his trigger points, what he likes, what he dislikes," he said. Also on the agenda in Vientiane is the civil war in Myanmar, sparked by a military coup in 2021. ASEAN, of which Myanmar is a member, has led diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis but has made little progress. The junta is excluded from the bloc's top-level meetings over its refusal to negotiate with its opponents and its brutal crackdown on dissent. Myanmar is expected to send a senior bureaucrat to this week's meeting, according to several sources. The military's readiness to re-engage with ASEAN diplomatically was a "sign of the junta's weakened position", a Southeast Asian diplomat, who will attend the talks, told AFP on condition of anonymity. The generals have yet to make any meaningful counterattack following an offensive by ethnic armed groups in October that seized swaths of territory along the border with China. The losses triggered rare public criticism of its top leadership. "The centre is still solid under the junta," the diplomat said, warning Myanmar could "become a failed state". The draft communique seen by AFP said ministers "strongly condemned" the continued violence. The crisis has divided the bloc, with Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines calling for tougher action against the junta. Thailand has held its own bilateral talks with the generals as well as detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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