Politics Jan 03 Venezuelans in South Florida celebrate ouster of Maduro government By Vanessa A. Alvarez, Tim Reynolds, Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press
Politics Nov 19 Judge to proceed with contempt probe over U.S. flying migrants to El Salvador prison in March A federal judge said Wednesday he plans to move ahead quickly on a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March. By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press
Politics Oct 03 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants The justices issued an emergency order, which will last as long as the court case continues, putting on hold a lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco that found the administration had wrongly ended temporary protected status for… By Mark Sherman, Associated Press
Politics Sep 05 Judge blocks DHS from ending temporary legal status for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of San Francisco for the plaintiffs means 600,000 Venezuelans whose temporary protections expired in April or whose protections were about to expire Sept. 10 have status to stay and work in the… By Janie Har, Associated Press
Politics Apr 08 Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after they receive a court hearing The court’s action appears to bar the administration from immediately resuming the flights that last month carried hundreds of migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador. By Mark Sherman, Associated Press
Mar 26 Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in deportations case and refuses to give judge additional information By Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The declaration comes as U.S. District Judge James Boasberg weighs whether the government defied his order to turn around planes carrying migrants after he blocked deportations of people alleged to be gang members without due process. Continue reading