Since Labour came to power, over 30,000 small boat migrants have reached Britain, with an average of 29,884 arrivals up to Thursday and scores more arriving on Friday. The number of crossings has increased by 28% compared to a similar period when the Tories were in power. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government has overseen this surge, which is attributed partly to his scrapping of the Conservative's Rwanda asylum scheme.

President Trump unveiled his new $5 million "Gold Card" visa design, which features his own official portrait on a gold-colored card. The card, about the size of a credit card, has the phrase "The Trump Card" printed on it in a play on the cliché and his famous name.

The Trump administration is considering deporting migrants to Rwanda, among other locations, as part of its immigration crackdown. This comes after Britain's Labour government scrapped a similar scheme that aimed to send migrants to Rwanda for asylum processing. Rwanda had already developed infrastructure to house migrants and was invested with £715 million from the UK.

Western tourists, including Canadian actress Jasmine Mooney and German national Lucas Sielaff, were detained by US border guards for weeks due to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Mooney was denied entry and spent 12 days in detention, feeling like she was "kidnapped" and trapped in an experiment. Sielaff, who claimed he held a valid visa, was accused of violating the rules of his tourist permit and spent 16 days locked up before being allowed to fly home. Both individuals experienced traumatic events, with Mooney saying it felt "insane" and Sielaff stating he still has nightmares and is trying to process the experience.