Jul 23 ‘It is hell’: Migrants returning to Venezuela describe life in El Salvador prison where U.S. sent them By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press Venezuelan migrants imprisoned for months in El Salvador under a U.S. immigration crackdown have reunited with their families. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 5:40 IRS to share personal data with immigration agents to aid deportation efforts By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins The Trump administration is giving personal data to immigration authorities to aid its crackdown. The AP reported ICE is getting access to Medicaid data and ProPublica found the IRS is building a program that would give immigration agents unprecedented access… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 7:20 Jose Antonio Vargas updates ‘Dear America’ to describe the process to become documented By Ali Rogin, Karina Cuevas Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 8:34 GOP gives ICE massive budget increase to expand Trump’s deportation effort By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ali Schmitz, Laken Kincaid ICE is receiving a major infusion of funding to help carry out President Trump’s deportation agenda. The big budget bill passed by Republicans includes billions for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, giving it more funding than any other federal… Continue watching
Jul 05 U.S. completes deporting 8 men from various nations to South Sudan after weeks of legal battles By Associated Press Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have now reached the Trump administration's intended destination,… Continue reading
Jul 03 ICE arrests boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. for deportation to Mexico, federal officials say By Jaimie Ding, Julie Watson, Associated Press Famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested for entering the United States illegally and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges, U.S. federal officials said Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 30 Trump to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention facility in Florida Everglades By Chris Megerian, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press President Donald Trump is planning to visit a new immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis. Continue reading
Jun 26 Justice Department says Kilmar Abrego Garcia will face U.S. trial before it tries to deport him again By Ben Finley, Associated Press The Justice Department said Thursday that it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him, addressing fears that he could be expelled again from the U.S. within days. Continue reading
Jun 23 Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants to locations that are not their home countries By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The high court majority did not detail its reasoning in the brief order, as is typical on its emergency docket. All three liberal justices dissented. Continue reading
Jun 20 Judge orders Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention center By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Khalil was the first arrest under President Donald Trump's crackdown on students who joined campus protests against Israel's devastating war in Gaza. Continue reading