U.N. refugee commission head suggests that U.S. deportation practices violate international law

GENEVA — The head of the U.N. refugee agency suggested Monday that President Donald Trump's America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law, and criticized a wider "backlash" in some countries against migrants and refugees. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, used a speech to lament that drastic funding cuts and shortages have forced his agency, UNHCR, to slash nearly 5,000 jobs this year, or nearly a quarter of its workforce. The cuts may not be finished, he said.