PoliticsLabor’s visa overstayer detention plan branded a ‘Donald Trump twist’ on immigration

Australia’s federal government plans to reopen detention centres for visa overstayers, hire 100 compliance officers and add 250 beds as it seeks to reduce the number of unlawful non-citizens. Greens senator David Shoebridge compared the policy with Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, while home affairs minister Tony Burke called that claim “ridiculous” and said the government was restoring a pre-2015 process.

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