Aug 25 WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks out before being detained by ICE in Baltimore By Brian Witte, Ben Finley, Associated Press "This administration has hit us hard, but I want to tell you guys something: God is with us, and God will never leave us,” Abrego Garcia said, speaking through a translator. “God will bring justice to all the injustice we… Continue reading
Aug 25 Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation again as he surrenders to Baltimore ICE office By Associated Press The 30-year-old Salvadoran national was wrongfully deported in March to a notorious prison in his native El Salvador. Continue reading
Jun 25 Trump administration sues Maryland federal judges over order blocking immediate removal of immigrants By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press One of the Maryland judges named as a defendant in Tuesday's lawsuit, Paula Xinis, has called the administration's deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador illegal. Continue reading
Jun 20 Judge rules Trump administration can't require states to help on immigration to get transportation money By Michael Casey, Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Twenty states sued after they said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to cut off funding to states that refused to comply with President Donald Trump's immigration agenda. Continue reading
May 21 What to know about South Sudan, where U.S. apparently sent migrants on deportation flight By Cara Anna, Associated Press The U.S. is being asked to explain why it appears to be deporting migrants from as far away as Vietnam and Cuba to South Sudan, a chaotic country that's once again in danger of collapsing into civil war. Continue reading
May 03 Watch 5:45 NYT investigation finds no evidence linking many deported Venezuelans to Tren de Aragua By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn In March, in order to speedily deport 238 Venezuelan men under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, Trump claimed they were members of a transnational criminal organization called Tren de Aragua. But an investigation by the New York Times couldn’t… Continue watching
Apr 10 Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, Rubio argues his presence undermines U.S. foreign policy By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil, a legal permanent U.S. resident and graduate student who served as spokesperson for campus activists last year during large demonstrations against Israel's… Continue reading
Apr 08 WATCH: Trump 'simply floated' idea of deporting U.S. citizens, White House's Leavitt says By Molly Finnegan White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that the Trump administration is not sure it is legal to deport U.S. citizens to El Salvador, but that President Donald Trump has “simply floated” the idea for the sake of transparency. Continue reading
Apr 07 Chief justice pauses deadline for Trump administration to return Maryland man from El Salvador By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The temporary order comes hours after a Justice Department emergency appeal to the Supreme Court arguing U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis overstepped her authority when she ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the United States. Continue reading
Mar 27 Tufts student from Turkey threatened with deportation, latest Palestinian supporter swept up in crackdown By Michael Casey, Jake Offenhartz, Kathy McCormack, Associated Press Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, a doctoral student at Tufts University, was swiftly moved out of Massachusetts, a demonstration of how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is sending immigrants who are taken into custody to detention centers or deporting them altogether before… Continue reading