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Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Yahoo
Afghan restaurant can now deliver food until 4am at weekends
An Afghan restaurant can deliver food until 4am at weekends after councillors granted the premises a late-night refreshment licence. Nawab, in Western Road, Hove, was granted the late licence by a Brighton and Hove City Council licensing panel made up of three councillors. The panel held a hearing last month but the outcome has only just been published, with Nawab being granted permission to deliver food until 3am during the week and 4am at weekends. Nawab's owner, Ahmad Faisal Nasseri, known as Faisal, told councillors that he had no plans to sell alcohol. He can serve food to customers dining in and for takeaway until 1am daily. Sussex Police and the council licensing team objected to Mr Nasseri's application for the licence, saying that a late-night venue would encourage people who had been drinking to stay in the area. Claire Abdelkader, from Sussex Police, said that more than 1,100 crimes were recorded within half a mile of the premises over the past year. The vast majority were thefts or offences involving violence or breaches of public order – and midnight to 1am was a peak period for offending. The council licensing team and the police said that the council's own policy had identified the area as 'saturated with licensed premises'. New applicants were expected to have exceptional reasons or to be able to show that they wouldn't add to the area's existing problems. Mr Nasseri, 41, said that he had operated for seven months without any problems – and he had no links with the previous operators, The venue was formerly Antidote and previously the Back Beat Bar. The site landlord Ritan Enterprises Limited terminated Antidote's lease after significant traces of drugs were found during licensing inspections. Surfaces throughout the venue were contaminated with 'bulk' contact levels of cocaine on four occasions – and traces of ketamine and heroin were also found. A decision letter from the council said: 'As there are no plans to use the outside area, there should not be any additional noise. 'We welcome the applicant's agreement to the police conditions and the acceptance of a condition requiring the premises to be closed for takeaways and dine-ins after 1am.' The panel members – councillors Tobias Sheard, Lucy Helliwell and Kerry Pickett – asked for a smoking management plan as part of the conditions.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
UCSD students face visa revocations and deportation amid Trump immigration push
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is hitting international students at UC San Diego. So far, six students with foreign visas have been impacted. 'It's unbelievable. I'm having such a great time. I don't want to go back home,' French international student Kaz Muniesa said. Muniesa is enjoying his year studying abroad at UC San Diego. The French native is pursuing computer science on an F-1 visa, which allows international students to enter the U.S. for the purpose of studying at colleges and universities. Rubio says US is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders 'A student visa is a glorified tourist visa, so it's a privilege that you're being allowed to come into the United States,' said Saman Nasseri, immigration and employment law attorney. Immigration law attorney Saman Nasseri says the federal government can revoke student visas at its discretion. 'If you ever had an arrest, even if no charges were filed, that can be a reason to get your student visa revoked,' Nasseri said. Five UCSD students had their F-1 visas terminated 'without warning,' according to a campus-wide notice from the chancellor's office Friday. Border migrant shelters become ghost towns The notice states 'the federal government has not explained the reasons behind these terminations.' It added, 'one student was detained at the border, denied entry, and deported to their home country.' All six students' country of origin remains unclear. 'More commonly what we're seeing right now is students who are protesting, whose beliefs or behaviors are not aligned with the U.S., and so they're being deemed as a security risk or a national risk,' said Nasseri. Thousands of San Diego students rallied on their college campuses last May, voicing opposition to the Gaza war. 'It's really stressful. I remember some of our friends went to Mexico for spring break. I don't know maybe coming from the Middle East or from countries where there's more tension with the U.S., it might be more stressful to cross the border,' Muniesa said. Missouri pastor gets deportation notice for sponsored son from Haiti Late last month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a press conference the State Department has revoked 300 or more student visas. The UC office of the president issued a statement that reads, 'The University of California is aware that international students across several of our campuses have been impacted by recent SEVIS terminations. This is a fluid situation, and we continue to monitor and assess its implications for the UC community and the people affected. We are committed to doing what we can to support all members of our community as they exercise their rights under the law. In doing that, the University will continue to follow all applicable state and federal laws.' 'Hopefully the mechanisms are there and the courts allow these students to be able to challenge these decisions,' Nasseri said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Senator Brian Jones to propose bill that would reform sanctuary state practices
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Senator Brian Jones is looking to propose a bill that would shake up current legislation that shapes California as a sanctuary state. 'My bill is a simple reform that begins to address some of the most egregious crimes that are being committed in our state by people that probably shouldn't be here,' Jones said. Jones is not trying to do away with the state's sanctuary state law, rather propose what he believes are ways to strengthen it and avoid confusion among local law enforcement. 'Number one, prohibit cities and counties and local jurisdictions on sanctuary status going beyond what state law is currently,' Jones said. California Senate Bill 54, also known as the 'California Values Act,' limits the use of state and local resources for immigration enforcement. It was signed into law in 2017. 'In fact, local law enforcement was prohibited from asking immigration questions or making any immigration related arrests,' said immigration attorney Saman Nasseri. Jones is trying to avoid a potential patchwork of policies across the state with different cities or counties making their own rules. According to Jones, SB 54 allows the option for local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE regarding people convicted of serious or violent crimes, and he wants to make that a mandate. 'I don't care if you're a U.S. citizen, legal resident, immigrant, or illegal immigrant. We want violet criminals off the streets and this is a common sense reform that I think begins to do exactly that,' Jones said. Nasseri weighed in on Jones' proposal, acknowledging the current confusion for agencies. 'If you have an officer who doesn't make an arrest or doesn't cooperate, they point a certain bill or certain rule or whatever might be kept them from cooperating, but they could also get reprimanded by their supervisors,' Nasseri said. Nasseri says regardless of how someone feels about the issue, 'objectively black and white rules are always better than rules that are open to interpretation. As soon as you open up to interpretation you get 10 different courts making 10 different decisions, so there is something to be said about consistency.' Jones plans to introduce the bill sometime this week and it should have a bill number by the time he holds a press conference Friday outside the San Diego County administration building. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
