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
Mar 19 Justice Department resists judge’s demand for more details on deportation flights, signaling legal showdown By Alanna Durkin Richer, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press It's the latest development in a showdown between the Trump administration and the judge who temporarily blocked deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration. Continue reading
Mar 18 Families search for loved ones after hundreds taken on U.S. immigration flights disappear from online locator By Joshua Goodman, Gisela Salomon, Associated Press Some turned up among the more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants flown over the weekend to El Salvador. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch 9:01 White House ignores court and invokes Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelans By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Eliot Barnhart, Doug Adams A U.S. federal judge asked the Trump administration to explain how it failed to act on its court order to halt the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, including alleged gang members, escalating the confrontation between the President and the… Continue watching