Austria Sees Sharp Drop In Asylum Applications, March Hits Lowest Level Since 2020 Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The number of asylum applications in Austria dropped sharply in the first quarter of 2025, marking a significant decline of 33 percent compared to the same period last year. From January through March, a total of 4,644 applications were submitted. With 1,329 applications, March saw the fewest monthly asylum requests since July 2020. As reported by Heute, only around one in three asylum requests are new, with the remainder typically...

Police departments at 11 Florida universities have partnered with President Donald Trump’s administration to help enforce immigration laws on campus. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has signed agreements with Florida International University, University of North Florida, Tallahassee State College, Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida, the Miami Herald reported Friday.

Tennessee lawmakers are headed back to their home districts after adjourning a session defined by education issues and legislative priorities closely aligned with the new Trump administration, which Democrats sharply criticized as harmful and short-sighted in addressing problems faced by everyday Tennesseans. Lawmakers closed down the first session of the 114th Tennessee General Assembly on April 22 just hours after a federal political corruption trial of former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and his one-time top aide began.

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas is one step closer to studying the impact of immigration on the state for the first time in almost two decades, but might exclude from the assessment the benefits that undocumented immigrants contribute to the state’s economy through labor, taxes and businesses. The state Senate on Tuesday gave initial approval to a bill from state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, that would require the governor's office to conduct...