Tag Archives: deportations

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there. The man, who is gay, was protected from being returned to his home country under a U.S. immigration judge’s order at the time. But the U.S. …

Politico reports: In 2021, like many Cubans and Cuban Americans that summer, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was jamming to “Patria y Vida,” the Grammy-winning protest anthem that became a rallying cry for dissidents in Cuba. The hip-hop song, whose title translates to “Homeland and Life,” directly rebuked Fidel Castro’s revolutionary slogan, “Patria o Muerte” — “Homeland or Death.” That was …

Courthouse News reports: A federal judge on Thursday expanded a previous ruling against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, instituting a nationwide bar on arresting or deporting any international students nationwide whose immigration records were suddenly deleted by the agency in April. “The actions that give rise to plaintiffs’ claims reflect an instinct that has become prevalent in our society to …

Bloomberg News reports: Walt Disney Co. notified Florida-based employees who are losing temporary legal residency in the US that their jobs would be terminated next month after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration could revoke protections for 350,000 Venezuelans. The company sent an email to employees under Temporary Protected Status on Tuesday stating they had been placed …

NewsNation reports: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has conducted its first charter flight for migrants who agreed to “self-deport” after starting a program to give those voluntarily leaving the country a $1,000 stipend. The flight took 64 citizens of Colombia and Honduras to their home country. “This was a voluntary charter flight, not an ICE enforcement operation,” DHS said …

The Washington Post reports: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to cancel temporary protections that have allowed nearly 350,000 Venezuelans to remain in the United States for humanitarian reasons. Trump officials had asked the justices to lift a lower-court order that barred the administration from ending the temporary protected status while litigation over the matter continues. The …

The Associated Press reports: The Department of Homeland Security has asked for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with immigration roundups across the country, and the Pentagon is reviewing the unusual request, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press. DHS asked for the troops to help carry out President Donald Trump’s “mandate from the American people to arrest and …

The New York Times reports: A top adviser to the director of national intelligence ordered a senior analyst to redo an assessment of the relationship between Venezuela’s government and a gang after intelligence findings undercut the White House’s justification for deporting migrants, according to officials. President Trump’s use of a wartime law to send Venezuelan migrants to a brutal prison …

The Associated Press reports: A budget airline that serves mostly small U.S. cities began federal deportation flights Monday out of Arizona, a move that’s inspired an online boycott petition and sharp criticism from the union representing the carrier’s flight attendants. Avelo Airlines announced in April it had signed an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to make charter deportation …

CTV News reports: Expedia Group said Friday that reduced travel demand in the United States led to its weaker-than-expected revenue in the first quarter. In a conference call with investors Friday, Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin said U.S. demand was even softer in April than March. Expedia, which owns the lodging reservation platforms Hotels.com and VRBO as well as an eponymous …

“Any illegal alien can simply show up at an airport and receive a free flight out of our country. We have also launched a phone app called CBP Home. That’s C-B-P-H-O-M-E, where illegals can book a free flight to any foreign country. As long as it’s not here, you can go anywhere you want. “This deportation bonus will save American …

NBC News reports: A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order preventing migrants from being sent to Libya or any other third country after immigration attorneys filed an emergency motion Wednesday. The United States reportedly plans to send a group of undocumented immigrants to Libya as early as this week. A U.S. military aircraft is expected to transport the migrants who are …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration earlier this year urged the Ukrainian government to accept an unspecified number of U.S. deportees who are citizens of other countries, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post, an extraordinary request of a nation at war and dependent on American military and financial support for its survival. The documents do not indicate …

The Independent reports: The Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan immigrants accused of being gang members “exceeds” the scope of the law and runs “contrary to the plain, ordinary meaning” of the wartime statute. Texas District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, who was appointed by Trump himself, ruled on Thursday that the administration cannot rely on …

The Washington Post reports: A recent U.S. overture, which included a list of names of potential deportees to Rwanda, was received warmly, according to a Rwandan official with knowledge of the situation. Though the administration has deported only one person — an Iraqi refugee accused of having links to terrorism groups — from the United States to Rwanda so far, …

Politico reports: The Trump administration is seeking countries in addition to El Salvador that would be willing to accept people deported from the U.S., Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. Rubio, speaking at a Cabinet meeting, told reporters that the administration intended to expand its use of foreign prisons as part of a mass deportation program that was initially …

The Miami Herald reports: Another group critical of President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign and funding cuts to pro-democracy groups in the Americas is launching an ad campaign on Miami’s highways and airwaves to pressure Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Miami’s Republican U.S. representatives to stand up to the president. A spokesman for Keep Them Honest said Sunday that the …

The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a sharp dissent that castigated the seven-member majority. Joined by fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, Alito said there …

“I stand by the fact I think we did the right thing here. We removed a public safety threat, a national security threat, a violent gang member from the United States. We have followed the Constitution. We have followed the law. I am confident that everything we’ve done is follow laws within the constitutional constructs, absolutely. “The length of due …

NBC News reports: Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of sending the U.S. into a constitutional crisis, saying members of the Trump administration “are very much flouting the courts as we speak.” Asked directly on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” whether the U.S. is currently in a constitutional crisis, Van Hollen said, “Yes, we are.” …