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August 22, 2025
Immigration

Trump Targets Comprehensive Review of All 55 MILLION Visa Holders.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has announced plans to review the status of all 55 million foreign nationals in the U.S. holding valid visas, initiating a “continuous vetting” process aimed at identifying security threats and individuals supporting terrorism.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Trump administration.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Announced on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We review all available information as part of our vetting, including law enforcement or immigration records or any other information that comes to light after visa issuance.” – Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

🎯IMPACT: The new policy will include a “continuous vetting” process for all 55 million foreign nationals who hold valid visas in the United States.

IN FULL

The Trump administration says it will soon implement a “continuous vetting” process for all foreign nationals in the U.S. holding valid visas. The policy, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, aims to identify legal immigrants who pose security risks or are involved in activities such as supporting terrorism.

“Things like any indicators of overstays, criminal activity, threats to public safety, engaging in any form of terrorist activity, or providing support to a terrorist organization” will serve as cause for visa revocation under the new policy, according to the State Department. The agency added: “We review all available information as part of our vetting, including law enforcement or immigration records or any other information that comes to light after visa issuance.”

The State Department highlighted that since the beginning of Trump’s second term, it has revoked more than twice as many visas, including nearly four times as many student visas, compared to the same period last year. The administration has also targeted visa applicants for potential ties to anti-American or terrorist groups, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) monitoring foreign nationals participating in campus protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Secretary Rubio has also announced additional measures, including a halt on worker visas for foreign commercial truck drivers, citing concerns over road safety and the impact on American truckers. “Effective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers,” Rubio wrote on X, adding that the move was necessary to protect American lives and livelihoods.

This follows the killing of three people by an illegal immigrant truck driver in Florida.

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August 22, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
UK

Britain Set for Nationwide Anti-Migration Protests This Weekend.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Multiple anti-migration protests are expected across Britain this weekend, as police also have to contend with the notoriously violent Afro-Caribbean Notting Hill Carnival in London.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Anti-migration protesters, British police, Reform Party leader Nigel Farage, the Labour Party government, and asylum seekers living in taxpayer-funded hotels.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The protests are scheduled to take place this weekend across Britain.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Our streets are becoming more dangerous, yet this disaster only gets worse. The public are right to be very angry with this government.” – Nigel Farage.

🎯IMPACT: The timing of the protests alongside the Notting Hill Carnival could stretch British police resources to their limit.

IN FULL

The United Kingdom is heading for a turbulent weekend, with demonstrations against mass migration set in numerous cities, including Aberdeen, Bournemouth, Leeds, and Perth. Anti-mass migration demonstrators and far-left pro-migration activists are expected to face off over the government’s ongoing use of taxpayer-funded hotels to house poorly vetted asylum seekers,  putting public safety at risk.

The wave of protests stems from a High Court injunction halting the use of a hotel in Epping Forest, England, to house migrants, which had also attracted protests after residents were accused of sexually assaulting local children. Further legal challenges against migrant hotels are now expected elsewhere in the country, as the government mounts its own legal efforts to overturn the Epping ruling.

The number of asylum seekers housed in hotels is estimated at over 32,000, an increase of eight percent during Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s first year in office. “New figures out today show record numbers claiming asylum under Labour. Our streets are becoming more dangerous, yet this disaster only gets worse,” commented Reform Party leader Nigel Farage, adding: “The public are right to be very angry with this government.”

Notably, the protests are expected to coincide with London’s Notting Hill Carnival, a massive annual cultural event drawing over a million attendees. While championed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan and other diversity advocates, the Afro-Caribbean carnival always places significant pressure on police force. Last year’s carnival was marked by serious safety concerns: ten people were stabbed, two of them fatally, with police making at least 349 arrests during the event for offences ranging from drug possession to assaults on emergency workers. Sixty-one police officers were also assaulted.

The combined polcing demands of the protests, counter-protests, and carnival are raising concerns that law enforcement may struggle to maintain order this weekend.

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August 22, 2025
Crime
Immigration

Rubio Halts Truck Driver Visas After Illegal Kills Three.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a pause on worker visas for commercial drivers after an illegal immigrant trucker allegedly caused a fatal crash in Florida.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Marco Rubio, Harjinder Singh, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

📍WHEN & WHERE: The crash occurred in Fort Pierce, Florida. Singh was extradited from California; investigations span multiple states.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers.” – Marco Rubio

🎯IMPACT: The move highlights concerns over public safety and the legality of commercial driver licensing for foreign workers.

IN FULL

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday that foreign worker visas for commercial drivers would be paused “effective immediately.” The move follows a deadly incident where an illegal immigrant truck driver engaged in an unlawful U-turn, causing a crash that killed three people in Florida. Rubio cited public safety concerns as the primary reason for the decision.

“The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” the Secretary of State wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) late Thursday.

The fatal crash involved Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old illegal immigrant driving a commercial truck with a trailer on the Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce. Authorities say Singh attempted a U-turn in an unauthorized area, causing the trailer to jackknife and collide with a minivan, killing all three passengers inside. Investigations revealed that Singh had not passed English or road tests before obtaining a commercial driver’s license, answering only two of 12 questions correctly in an English Language Proficiency test, and misidentifying three of four road traffic signs.

Singh was granted a full-term commercial driver’s license in Washington in July 2023, despite not being legally eligible. He also held a limited-term commercial driver’s license in California in 2024.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have since engaged in a dispute over Singh’s licensing, with Newsom’s office falsely claiming Singh obtained a work permit during President Donald J. Trump‘s first term. However, DHS has clarified that Singh was denied in September 2020 under Trump but granted a permit in June 2021 under the Biden government.

“Three innocent people were killed in Florida because Gavin Newsom’s California Department of Motor Vehicles issued an illegal alien a Commercial Driver’s License—this state of governance is asinine,” commented DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, adding: “How many more innocent people must die before Gavin Newsom stops playing games with the safety of the American public?

Singh has been extradited to Florida from California and faces three counts of vehicular homicide.

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August 21, 2025
Immigration
News

Trump Has Sealed a Deal to Mass Deport Migrants to This African Country:

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump secured a deportation deal with Uganda, allowing the U.S. to send illegal immigrants to the East African nation.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. State Department, and Ugandan officials.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The agreement was confirmed by Uganda on Thursday, with similar deals involving other nations taking place over the past year.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The U.S. State Department continues to work with international partners to manage illegal immigration.” – U.S. State Department.

🎯IMPACT: The deal is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to expand deportations and manage migration more effectively.

IN FULL

President Donald J. Trump has finalized a significant new immigration agreement with Uganda, allowing the United States to deport certain illegal aliens to the East African nation. Under this arrangement, third-country nationals who are denied asylum in the U.S. but cannot be easily returned to their countries of origin can be resettled in Uganda instead.

Uganda currently accommodates nearly two million refugees, mainly from neighboring conflict zones such as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its government has described the deal with the U.S. as “a temporary arrangement with conditions, including that individuals with criminal records and unaccompanied minors will not be accepted,” per Foreign Affairs Ministry official Vincent Bagiire Waiswa.

Comparable arrangements have already been made with countries like Honduras, Paraguay, and Rwanda. Panama and Costa Rica have also joined similar efforts, accepting migrants from Africa and Asia. Several highly violent migrants have already been deported to the small African kingdom of Swaziland, or Eswatini, pending final removal to their countries of origin. President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has also made a deal with the U.S. to host criminal migrants at his CECOT super-prison.

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government’s authority to deport migrants to third countries without requiring hearings about potential risks they may face upon relocation.

Since President Trump began his second term, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seen a sharp rise in enforcement actions. ICE arrests have doubled, and for several months running, deportations have topped 10,000 per month.

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August 21, 2025
Immigration
Lawfare

Trump Can Deport 60,000 Migrants After Court Victory.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, President Donald J. Trump, District Judge Trina Thompson, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on Wednesday by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, overturning a lower court order from the Northern District of California.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Temporary Protected Status was designed to be just that—temporary,” said DHS Secretary Noem.

🎯IMPACT: TPS protections for Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Nepalese migrants will now be revoked, affecting over 60,000.

IN FULL

A federal appeals court has upheld the Trump administration’s authority to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal, reversing a lower court decision that had halted the administration’s attempt to cancel their protections and work permits.

The ruling came from a unanimous three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, consisting of Circuit Judges Michael Hawkins, Consuelo Callahan, and Eric Miller. Previously, Joe Biden-appointed Northern District of California Judge Trina Thompson had blocked the administration’s efforts, bizarrely alleging that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision was “motivated by racial animus” and a “discriminatory belief that certain immigrant populations will replace the white population.”

TPS was granted to Honduran and Nicaraguan migrants after Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and to Nepalese migrants following a 2015 earthquake. Earlier this year, Secretary Noem announced the termination of TPS for these groups, arguing that the program was meant to be temporary and that the countries had sufficiently recovered from these disasters.

TPS protections for Nepalese migrants ended on August 5, while those for Honduran and Nicaraguan migrants are scheduled to expire in September. Noem also introduced incentives, including plane tickets and a $1,000 “exit bonus,” for migrants who choose to leave voluntarily.

DHS data indicates that about 51,000 Hondurans, 7,200 Nepalis, and 2,900 Nicaraguans are currently enrolled in TPS without permanent green-card status. This ruling underscores the temporary nature of TPS and signals a significant change in immigration policy.

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August 21, 2025
Immigration

The U.S. Immigrant Population Has Declined for the First Time in DECADES.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. immigrant population appears to have decreased by 1.4 million people in the first six months of 2025, according to Pew Research Center.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Pew Research Center, President Donald J. Trump, and the former Biden government.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Data from January to June 2025, across the United States.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The data we are looking at represented a dramatic change,” said Jeffrey Passel, Pew Research Center’s senior demographer.

🎯IMPACT: Immigration policy changes and enforcement measures appear to have contributed to the decline, with potential positive effects on America’s demographic stability and social cohesion.

IN FULL

The United States’ immigrant population dropped from 53.3 million in January 2025 to 51.9 million by June, marking the first significant decline since the 1960s. This data comes from the Pew Research Center, which noted that the reduction is reflected in the labor force, where over 750,000 workers were lost since January.

Jeffrey Passel, Pew’s senior demographer, highlighted the significance of this shift, stressing: “The data we are looking at represented a dramatic change.” Under the former Biden government, foreign workers outpaced native-born Americans in terms of post-pandemic recovery in the U.S. labor market. While the decline in immigrant labor could result in some short-term economic turbulence, most labor economists expect the number of native-born American workers to increase, especially as those who stopped looking for work altogether re-enter the workforce pool.

Notably, the decline is attributed to immigration enforcement policies implemented by President Donald J. Trump, including heightened arrests, detentions, and visa scrutiny. These measures aim to reverse the mass immigration policies implemented by former President Joe Biden, which saw American-born labor replaced with cheap, foreign workers and an unprecedented flood of illegal immigration.

The data also found that the illegal immigrant population reached a record 14 million in 2023—though others estimate it could have reached higher than 20 million—but has now begun to decline. This group includes individuals without legal status and those with temporary deportation protections, such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Despite the overall decline in immigrants, the United States remains home to more foreigners than any other nation—although countries like Canada and the United Arabe Emirates (UAE) have higher proportions of migrants in their populations. Pew reported that the share of immigrants in the U.S. population fell slightly from 15.8 percent in January to 15.4 percent in June.

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August 21, 2025
Health
Immigration

Trump Admin Moves to Stop Medicaid Going to Migrants.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration announced stricter oversight on noncitizens receiving Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

📍WHEN & WHERE: The oversight program was launched in recent months, with new rules implemented under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law on July 4.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We are tightening oversight of enrollment to safeguard taxpayer dollars and guarantee that these vital programs serve only those who are truly eligible under the law,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

🎯IMPACT: The program aims to ensure Medicaid serves only those who are eligible, but state resistance and lawsuits may complicate enforcement.

IN FULL

The Trump administration is intensifying its efforts to limit noncitizens’ access to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits, per the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), CMS has introduced an oversight initiative that supplies states with reports identifying Medicaid enrollees absent from federal databases.

“We are tightening oversight of enrollment to safeguard taxpayer dollars and guarantee that these vital programs serve only those who are truly eligible under the law,” confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 1.4 million current Medicaid enrollees fail to meet citizenship or immigration status criteria. States must now examine these federal reports, resolve immigration status inconsistencies, and uphold noncitizen eligibility restrictions. However, Democrat-run states like California, Oregon, and Colorado have broadened Medicaid access to include illegal immigrants regardless.

The Trump-championed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted on July 4, imposes stricter Medicaid eligibility rules, including work requirements for able-bodied adults, regular eligibility checks, and heightened restrictions on noncitizens. CMS administrator Mehmet Oz stressed, “Every dollar misspent is a dollar taken away from an eligible, vulnerable individual in need of Medicaid.”

Since June, the health department has shared Medicaid enrollment data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), prompting a lawsuit from 20 states, including California and New York, in July. Last week, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction, halting data sharing in those states. Judge Vince Chhabria wrote, “Using CMS data for immigration enforcement threatens to significantly disrupt the operation of Medicaid—a program that Congress has deemed critical for the provision of health coverage to the nation’s most vulnerable residents.”

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August 20, 2025
Immigration
UK

Farage’s Reform Party Wants to Shut Down Migrant Hotels Nationwide After Court Ruling.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: British municipal governments are considering legal action to stop the central government from filling local hotels with asylum seekers after a successful court challenge in Epping, England, with Nigel Farage’s Reform Party pledging that every council it controls will mount lawsuits.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Epping Forest District Council, Nigel Farage, migrants.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Discussions and legal actions have occurred throughout August 2025, with key events in Epping.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Reform councils will be progressing these legal avenues on an urgent basis,” said Reform deputy leader Richard Tice MP.

🎯IMPACT: The High Court’s decision in Epping has set a precedent, with other councils considering legal action.

IN FULL

Municipal governments across the United Kingdom are stepping up legal efforts to block local hotels from being used to house asylum seekers en masse, as public unrest grows over the danger and disruption migrants are causing in communities.

In Essex, Epping Forest District Council recently secured a High Court injunction to prevent migrants from being placed at The Bell Hotel, citing community protests and safety concerns. The protests in Epping erupted in the area after an asylum seeker living at the hotel was arrested for sexually abusing a local girl. The ruling came despite attempts by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, to keep the migrants at the hotel.

The landmark ruling is now being closely examined by other councils. Richard Tice MP, deputy leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, has said “Reform councils will be progressing these legal avenues on an urgent basis.”

Farage called the Epping legal case a victory for the “good people of Epping” who have been protesting, saying they “must inspire similar protests around Britain”—despite the efforts of establishment politicians and media outlets to portray them as “far right.”

There is rising frustration from residents who say their communities are being overwhelmed and their voices are being ignored. Many argue that the central government’s current strategy of meeting boat migrants at sea, bringing them ashore, and housing them in hotels free of charge with little to no restrictions on their movements is failing to deter illegal immigration while placing an unfair burden on local services, housing, and law enforcement, and endangering British citizens.

Despite these concerns, London alone continues to house over 12,000 asylum seekers in hotels.

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August 20, 2025
Immigration
News

Trump Has Paused Visas for This African Country.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has paused most visa processing in Zimbabwe due to concerns about the Zimbabwean government.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. Embassy in Harare, the Government of Zimbabwe, and affected visa applicants.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The visa pause took effect in August 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We have paused routine visa services in Harare while we address concerns with the Government of Zimbabwe.” – U.S. Embassy in Harare

🎯IMPACT: Students and other visa applicants are facing delays, with some unable to afford alternative options for interviews in neighboring countries.

IN FULL

The Trump administration has halted the majority of its visa services in Zimbabwe, citing undisclosed issues with the country’s government. In a statement released August 20, the U.S. Embassy in Harare confirmed, “We have paused routine visa services in Harare while we address concerns with the Government of Zimbabwe.”

Formerly known as Rhodesia, Zimbabwe heavily persecuted its white minority under former leader Robert Mugabe, although his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has made some steps towards compensating white farmers after their dispossession and mass exodus caused an agricultural and economic collapse.

According to the U.S. State Department, the visa suspension, which took effect on August 7, affects nearly all categories of visa applications, with the exception of most diplomatic and official visas. This move is likely part of a broader effort by the United States to address issues related to visa overstays and abuse of immigration processes. A report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that Zimbabwe had a visa overstay rate of 10.57 percent in 2023, one of the highest among African nations.

In response to similar issues elsewhere on the continent, the Trump administration is requiring financial bonds of up to $15,000 for certain visa applicants from countries like Malawi and Zambia.

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August 20, 2025
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
UK

Top 3rd World Diplomat Brags ‘Much of London Feels Like Bangladesh.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Bangladesh’s High Commissioner (Ambassador) to the United Kingdom has said that much of London feels like Bangladesh.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Bangladeshi High Commissioner Abida Islam; residents of London.

📍WHEN & WHERE: London, United Kingdom; August 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “So much of London—especially east London—feels like Bangladesh. I’m looking forward next year to iftar in Trafalgar Square.” – Abida Islam

🎯IMPACT: The comments underscore London’s radically changing demographics, with minority groups taking over certain areas to the extent that they no longer feel alien to politicians from their ethnic homelands.

IN FULL

Bangladesh’s High Commissioner (Ambassador) to the United Kingdom, Abida Islam, has drawn attention to London’s radical cultural and demographic shifts. Speaking to the establishment Financial Times for an article titled, ‘Where ambassadors to the UK dine in London for tastes of home,’ she said: “I’m fortunate. When I was posted in Mexico and South Korea, my homesickness was worse and hit hardest at mealtimes. But so much of London—especially east London—feels like Bangladesh.”

The diplomat added that she was “looking forward next year to iftar in Trafalgar Square,” in reference to the annual Islamic fast-breaking feasts championed by Mayor Sadiq Khan in the British capital’s most iconic public square.

Islam’s remarks come as London continues to transform under the weight of decades of mass migration, accelerated to record levels by former Conservative (Tory) prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, and maintained at historic levels by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer following the election of the Labour Party in mid-2024.

Bangladeshis are particularly dominant in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, one of several areas where the municipal government has been tearing down English flags raised on lampposts and other infrastructure by members of the public. Notably, Tower Hamlets Mayor Luftur Rahman—himself a Bangladeshi immigrant previously ejected from office for electoral fraud but reelected once his ban expired—took a more tolerant approach towards the borough being festooned with Palestinian flags following the Hamas terror attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Other prominent Bangladeshi politicians in England include Prime Minister Starmer’s former Anti-Corruption Minister, Tulip Siddiq, who resigned after the Bangladeshi government began investigating her family for corruption.

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