came over the southwest land border with Mexico.

Mr Islam added: "The proposed measures divert a lot more traffic and congestion to other routes which are already gridlocked and heavily congested."It just shows they have not thought this through."

Another of the ward's councillors, Safina Kauser, was more positive about the plans.She said: "I welcome any proposed investment and improvements in Manningham that help make our roads safer and improve public transport."She said the consultation "is here to outline the scheme and hear people's feedback".

WYCA said the scheme aimed to make Manningham Lane "less car-dominated" while improving the reliability of buses, air quality and safety.A public consultation on the Bradford to Shipley Road Improvement Scheme closes on Sunday 18 August.

An online petition opposing a proposed 'red route' traffic restriction in Brighton and Hove has collected over 900 signatures.

Florist Pauline Ford set up the petition against the vehicle stopping rules outside her shop, claiming they "risk alienating a significant portion of our customer base".Efforts by the Mexican government have also brought crossings down, including setting up new checkpoints and increasing patrols.

In May, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the number of migrants at the US southern border had halved from a peak of 12,000 a day to 6,000 a day.The vast majority of people who cross the US southern border are citizens of nearby countries in the Americas.

show that in the current financial year (October 2023 - September 2024), the most common nationality encountered at the southern border were Mexicans (617,770).This was followed by nearly a quarter of a million Venezuelans and almost 200,000 Guatemalans.