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

https://mins.news/en/item/63852

- The Guardian, 2026-09-18 07:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/18/labors-plans-for-visa-overstayer-detention-centres-a-donald-trump-twist-on-australian-immigration-ntwnfb

> 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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