Immigration officers will soon have the power to ask suspected overstayers for identification in homes and workplaces.The government said it was closing a compliance gap in the deportation system, while critics argued it was a step towards the immigration conditions that had allowed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] raids seen in the United States.  In September last year, the New Zealand government announced a suite of immigration settings changes aimed at strengthening deportation levers. Among them was giving immigration officers the power to ask for identity-based information from individuals they suspected were in breach of their visa conditions.The Green Party's immigration spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March said these ICE raids did not happen overnight. "They were enabled by American politicians slowly allowing their immigration officials to have more powers to search, to detain and to target migrant communities.

Immigration officers will soon have the power to ask suspected overstayers for identification in homes and workplaces.The government said it was closing a compliance gap in the deportation system, while critics argued it was a step towards the immigration conditions that had allowed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE]&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/586882/courts-have-ruled-4-400-times-that-ice-jailed-people-illegally-it-hasn-t-stopped">raids seen in the United States</a>.&nbsp; In September last year, the New Zealand government announced a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/572046/deporting-criminals-set-to-get-easier-under-law-change">suite of immigration settings changes</a> aimed at strengthening deportation levers.&nbsp;Among them was giving immigration officers the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/570519/children-s-commissioner-says-immigration-bill-fails-to-reflect-lessons-of-dawn-raid-era">power to ask for identity-based information</a> from individuals they suspected were in breach of their visa conditions.The Green Party's immigration spokesperson Ricardo Men&eacute;ndez March said these ICE raids did not happen overnight.&nbsp;"They were enabled by American politicians slowly allowing their immigration officials to have more powers to search, to detain and to target migrant communities.

 Ricardo Menéndez March

Interview with ACT MP Dr Parmjit Parmar.

Dr parm has written to the immigration minister seeking changes to the parent Category Visa application. 

Interview with ACT MP Dr Parmjit Parmar.
Dr parm has written to the immigration minister seeking changes to the parent Category Visa application.&nbsp;

Dr parmjit Parmar

Labour's Immigration spokesperson Phil Twyford speaks to Tarana on topics ranging from Economy to Immigration.

Labour's Immigration spokesperson Phil Twyford speaks to Tarana on topics ranging from Economy to Immigration.

PHIL TWYFORD

Labour leader Chris Hipkins doesn't think government's energy plan will reduce power bills. While speaking to Tarana he has reiterated that his party still supports the proposal to recognise palestine as a State.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins doesn't think government's energy plan will reduce power bills. While speaking to Tarana he has reiterated that his party still supports the proposal to recognise palestine as a State.

Chris Hipkins

Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime has come in support of teachers who are demanding better pay.

Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime has come in support of teachers who are demanding better pay.

Willow-Jean Prime

Labour's deputy leader Carmel Sepoluni clarifies that Labour members have participated in Covid 19 Royal Commission of inquiry contrary to reports that Labour members have refused to be part of the inquiry.

Labour's deputy leader Carmel Sepoluni clarifies that Labour members have participated in Covid 19 Royal Commission of inquiry contrary to reports that Labour members have refused to be part of the inquiry.

Carmel Sepoluni 

Labour MP Duncan Webb says government is making it lot harder for people to vote. In an interview Webb also supported the idea of recognising Palestine as a state. 

Labour MP Duncan Webb says government is making it lot harder for people to vote. In an interview Webb also supported the idea of recognising Palestine as a state.&nbsp;

Duncan Webb 

Labour's Kieren McAnulty joins Radio Tarana's Sanjesh Narain to talk about inflation and homelessness in New Zealand

Labour's Kieren McAnulty joins Radio Tarana's Sanjesh Narain to talk about inflation and homelessness in New Zealand

Kieran McAnulty 

Labour Leader Chris Hipkins says Government should stop blaming past Labour government for it's own failures.

Labour Leader Chris Hipkins says Government should stop blaming past Labour government for it's own failures.

Government has announced series of Laws to tackle crime in the country but are they working?

I put this question to the DPM and ACT leader David Seymour

Government has announced series of Laws to tackle crime in the country but are they working?
I put this question to the DPM and ACT leader David Seymour

DAVID SEYMOUR

Yours Politically - Sanjesh Narain

Yours Politically - Sanjesh Narain

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