Apr 18 Watch 7:24 ‘Let’s have a real court case’: Attorney for deported man on the refusals to return him By William Brangham, Doug Adams For more than a month, Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been in prison in El Salvador after the Trump administration deported the Maryland resident along with hundreds of others. Thursday, his family and the world saw photos of Abrego Garcia and… Continue watching
Apr 18 Trump administration seeks to turn mass deportations into an efficient business ‘like Amazon’ By Sara Cline, Kate Brumback, Associated Press If President Donald Trump’s administration has its way, the capacity to hold tens of thousands more migrants will soon be added around the country as the U.S. seeks an explosive expansion of what is already the world’s largest immigration detention… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch 8:09 Sen. Van Hollen says El Salvador soldiers blocked him from seeing wrongly deported man By Amna Nawaz, Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat A federal appeals court offered a scathing rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the deportation of a Maryland resident to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen traveled to the CECOT prison to meet with government… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 5:42 Challenge to Trump deportations morphs into a battle over executive and judicial power By Amna Nawaz, Ian Couzens What started as a challenge to the Trump administration’s deportation policy has morphed into a battle over executive and judicial power. A federal judge said there is probable cause to hold the administration in criminal contempt after officials defied his… Continue watching
Apr 16 Maryland senator meets with El Salvador’s vice president in push for Abrego Garcia’s release By Yolanda Magaña, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown, Associated Press Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday and met with the country's vice president to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court… Continue reading
Apr 16 Visa cancellations and deportations sow panic for international students By Annie Ma, Makiya Seminera, Christopher L. Keller, Associated Press The speed and scope of the federal government’s efforts to terminate the legal status of international students have stunned colleges and universities across the country. Continue reading
Apr 16 Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating deportation order By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The move by U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg marks an escalation in a battle between the judicial and executives branches of government over a president’s powers to carry out key White House priorities. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 8:54 Judge presses Trump administration on why it hasn’t returned wrongfully deported man By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat A federal judge told Justice Department lawyers to cancel vacation as she launched rapid discovery in the case of a wrongfully deported man. Judge Paula Xinis scolded the Trump administration for doing “nothing” to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch 5:34 How college communities are reacting to funding threats, international student arrests By Sam Lane Recent threats to federal funding and arrests of international students have created a sense of unease on many college campuses. A trio of editors at student newspapers across the country share a unique perspective about what they are seeing on… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch 6:51 Trump, El Salvador president indicate no intention of returning mistakenly deported man By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat President Trump met with El Salvador's leader as both governments rejected responsibility for the fate of a man the administration admits was wrongly deported. The Supreme Court said last week the U.S. must facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Continue watching