Apr 04 Judge orders return of Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador mega-prison By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement expelled Kilmar Abrego Garcia last month despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling that shielded him from deportation to his native El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs. Continue reading
Apr 01 ICE: 'Administrative error' sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison By Ben Finley, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison last month. Lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia maintain he is not affiliated with MS-13 or any other street… Continue reading
Apr 01 WATCH: White House claims at briefing that deported man with protected legal status was a gang member By Associated Press In a complaint, the man's lawyers disputed the government’s claims. “Although he has been accused of general ‘gang affiliation,’ the U.S. government has never produced an iota of evidence to support this unfounded accusation,” the complaint stated. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 7:56 Trump administration deports more immigrants to El Salvador amid battle with judiciary By William Brangham, Shrai Popat The State Department deported more immigrants to El Salvador over the weekend. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the removals a “successful counter-terrorism operation.” It comes after a federal judge had blocked the administration from invoking a rare wartime authority… Continue watching
Mar 28 Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to resume deporting Venezuelan migrants under wartime law By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law, while a court fight continues. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 8:10 ACLU attorney on suing Trump administration for using wartime authority for deportations By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Unda Dittaboot President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, without due process, could end up at the Supreme Court. An appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the administration from using the rare wartime authority for… Continue watching
Mar 26 WATCH: DHS Secretary Noem tours El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States. The tour that included two crowded cell blocks, the armory… Continue reading
Mar 26 Appeals court won't halt order barring Trump administration from deportations under Alien Enemies Act By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to lift an order barring the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law. Continue reading
Mar 25 Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in case over deportation of Venezuelan migrants By Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Government attorneys also asked an appeals court Monday to lift the order and allow deportations to continue, a push that appeared to divide the judges. Continue reading
Mar 21 WATCH: ACLU attorney speaks after federal court hearing on deportation flights to El Salvador By Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A federal judge examining the Trump administration’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador vowed Friday to “get to the bottom” of whether the government defied his order to turn the planes around. Continue reading