In this image taken from security footage,Rumeysa Ozturk,a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University,is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Sommerville,Massachusetts.

‘Looked like a kidnapping’:Student’s arrest in Trump crackdown caught on camera

The 30-year-old doctoral student was walking to meet friends for dinner when a man grabbed her on the footpath.

  • Jake Offenhartz,Kathy Mccormack andMichael Casey

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Are international travellers still welcome in Trump’s America? You have to wonder.

Has Trump’s America become a hostile place for tourists?

I’m starting to wonder if foreign tourists are still welcome,after several cases of international visitors being detained in questionable circumstances.

  • Chris Bryant

Nation’s capitals squeeze in an extra 430,000 people

Australia’s capital cities are home to a record 18.4 million people after their populations swelled by another 430,000 residents over the past year.

  • Shane Wright
New Zealanders are emigrating in record numbers in a trend their government may not be able to reverse. Pictured here is Bondi Beach in Sydney.

Why New Zealanders are migrating to Australia in record numbers

The government may not be able to reverse the trend,which one Kiwi describes as abandoning “a sinking boat”.

US federal law gives government agents the right to search people’s property,including their phones and laptops,at border entry points.

Tourist detentions at the US border:What international visitors should know

Incidents of travellers being denied entry into the US in recent weeks have sparked concern over what to expect at airports and other border crossings.

  • Claire Fahy
President Donald Trump and his team maintain they have not defied court orders.

The president,the judge and the flights that landed in the middle of the night

Donald Trump is embroiled in a legal showdown over his deportation of more than 200 alleged gang members. He’s relying on two words to get the scheme over the line,but legal scholars wonder if the government has crossed a red line by defying a court order.

  • Michael Koziol
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Dutton likes to talk tough on migration. But he’s yet to reveal what voters need to know

It’s easy to talk about a vague referendum to toughen the law on criminals. It’s harder to find a mechanism to achieve a real outcome on the migration intake.

  • David Crowe
A prison guard transfers deportees from the US,alleged to be Venezuelan gang members,to the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca,El Salvador.

‘One heck of a stretch’:White House argues judge’s verbal orders don’t count

In the latest and arguably most significant legal challenge to Trump’s sweeping agenda,his administration has been accused of defying a federal judge.

  • Michael Koziol
The US deportees are marched into the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca. The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy is a mega-prison where visitation,recreation and education are not allowed.

‘Most extreme measure yet’:Trump invokes wartime law to deport migrants to infamous mega-prison

The law requires a president to declare the US is at war. It has only been invoked three times,and not for about 80 years.

  • Iona Cleave
Hunting influencer Sam Jones handles an echidna in a video posted to Instagram on February 4,

Next time,steal a crocodile:PM’s advice for US tourist after viral wombat video

The hunting influencer has posted videos showing her handling Australian animals including a wombat and an echidna. The minister for immigration wants her out of the country.

  • Penry Buckley,Kayla Olaya andHamish Hastie