A Corkman who was arrested last month in a raid by US Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) has said he is "embarrassed for the Government" that a minor drug charge will lead to his deportation from the US.

So that’s nearly Sunday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The Irishman who has been facing deportation from the US has said he was "very scared" when he was arrested.

Keith Byrne travelled to the US in 2007 on a visa-waiver programme but overstayed his visa, and he subsequently set up his own business in Philadelphia, married an American woman and started a family.

The Cork man who faced deportation from the US has been reunited with his family.

Keith Byrne has had his deportation order frozen and is to be released from prison following an order by a United States federal judge.

The wife of Keith Byrne said that the day her husband was arrested was the "worst thing imaginable" and is now doing everything she can to "get him in front of a judge".

Greg Byrne said that his brother has until Friday to sign documentation that would give him a passport to leave the country, but ban him from entering the US for five years.

The current Trump administration is the most hostile to immigrants in recent US history, writes Dr Piaras Mac Éinrí.

The American wife of an Irish man who has been threatened with deportation from the USA has said it is “so unfair” that possession of marijuana for personal use charges from “many years ago” are halting his bid for citizenship.

Keith Byrne, a married father of 3 originally from Cork, has lived in the US for 12 years and runs his own business.

Kendall Jenner's alleged stalker John Ford has reportedly gone off the radar, with officials fearing he may try to return to Los Angeles where Kendall lives.

The global prices of crude oil have risen the most in a week, as Hurricane Florence threatened US east coast petrol supplies and as sanctions began crimping Iranian oil exports.

Losses for energy and technology companies left most US stocks lower today.

At least two of HNA Group’s overseas deals have hit a hurdle as the Chinese conglomerate struggles to take money out of China, said sources, amid a widening crackdown by Beijing on debt-fuelled corporate acquisitions.

With arrests of illegal immigrants in the US on the rise, more and more cities and college campuses are becoming sanctuaries, writes Bette Browne

The case of one woman who was suddenly taken away from her family illustrates the harsh mood in the US — but has also galvanised resistance to deportations, writes Marcela Valdes.

Irish people in the US are questioning their future after President Trump’s latest raft of measures to clamp down on undocumented immigrants.

London’s top-flight index sunk deeper into the red as it came under pressure from sliding commodity stocks and a slump from the supermarkets.

Oil was poised for the first weekly decline since mid-February as US crude stockpiles expanded again, keeping supplies at the highest level in more than eight decades.

Social media giant Twitter celebrates its ninth birthday today, and to mark the occasion the site has been recalling some of the biggest posts from its history.

Replacing the quote-based Libor with an index drawing on actual market trades will not happen any time soon, the benchmark’s new administrator said yesterday.

Three of Europe’s biggest oil explorers are among companies being questioned by European antitrust regulators about potential manipulation of prices in the €2.6tn annual global crude market.

As the FBI launched a hunt for those responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings, US President Barack Obama said: “We will find out who did this. We’ll find out why they did this. Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups, will feel the full weight of justice.”

The lawyer representing Irish nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady yesterday criticised claims by prosecutors that her client was under no harm in jail as the Cavan woman enters her 66th day in custody.

An apparently insignificant money-laundering case taken against several Colombian men became one of the most important leads for US investigators pursuing a case against an international banking group, write Carrick Mollenkamp and Brett Wolf

The wholesale gas market sees the purchase and sale of energy products - electricity and natural gas – by energy producers and energy retailers.

US agents helped make Joaquin Guzman the most powerful drug lord in the world. Aram Roston reports

An immigration agent opened fire on a colleague and was then killed by a third agent in a government building in California, following what the FBI said was a case of workplace violence.

UNDOCUMENTED Irish in the US are being forced out of their black market jobs by tough new measures to clamp down on illegal workers, according to the Immigration Rights Commission in San Francisco.

Technology company troubles and renewed concerns about Europe's debt dragged US stocks lower for a second day today.

THE European Union is probing investment banks, including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, over possible collusion in credit default swaps, which many politicians blame for exacerbating the eurozone debt crisis.

Oil prices rose to nearly $103 a barrel today as traders worried that United Nations authorisation of military strikes against Muammar Gaddafi's forces could prolong the conflict and threaten oil exports.

Republican plans to widen Arizona's controversial illegal immigration crackdown by making hospitals check whether patients are in the US legally have enraged medical professionals who fear becoming de facto government agents.

YOU love to see a pony or horse that has been a good servant for you doing well when it moves on to someone else.

Italy’s Giuliano Razzoli took the lead in the men’s slalom following the first run at Whistler Creekside on Saturday.

MORE Irish people have been deported from the United States in the past year, with the increase in numbers leading to a jump in our deportation ranking.

US Federal customs agents said a pearl-handled AK-47 that belonged to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and was in the hands of the US Army is being sent back to Iraq.

TWO years on, and not only has the penny dropped about local property pricing and comparative values, but the market overall has dropped too.

Production cartel Opec announced today it planned to curb output by more than half a million barrels as oil prices slid to their lowest levels since April.

Oil prices slid towards the $100 (€70) a barrel mark today amid signs that production cartel Opec was planning to keep supply levels steady.