
‘Trump-Like’ Ban: Tough New Immigration Laws Rejected at Senate Hearing
New immigration laws that would jail anyone who do not cooperate with their deportation met resistance from a wide range of legal experts and community groups. The Australian government’s attempt to head off an impending High Court ruling that risks seeing more immigration detainees freed was blocked in the Parliament and referred to a Senate Committee, which held a one-day hearing on April 15. An appeal by a detainee seeks to have the Court rule that indefinite detention is illegal for those who refuse to cooperate with being deported. The Bill has three main parts: prison sentences for people who don’t cooperate with their deportation; revisiting protection findings against people who have fled perilous countries; and blocking visa applications from people who are from countries who don’t accept the involuntary return of their citizens....
