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White House Misses Judge&#39;s Deadline on Deportee
White House Misses
Judge's Deadline on Deportee
UPDATED
Apr 11, 2025 1:59 PM CDT

White House Misses Judge's Deadline on Deportee

Justice Department must now provide daily updates to the judge

(Newser) - The Justice Department did not abide by a judge's order to detail how it planned to retrieve a mistakenly deported man, saying it did not have enough time to comply by the Friday morning deadline. It's the latest back-and-forth over the plight of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was...

To Up Pressure, Administration Lists 6K Migrants as Dead

Putting names in Social Security's death file could cut 'terminate' immigrants' financial existence

(Newser) - The Trump administration has turned up the pressure on people in the US legally on work permits to leave by adding more than 6,000 of them to Social Security's "death master file." The idea of listing the immigrants with the dead is to keep them from...

Supreme Court: Bring Back Man Mistakenly Deported

Administration concedes Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to Salvadoran prison by mistake

(Newser) - The Supreme Court agreed with a lower court judge on Thursday that the Trump administration should bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man sent by mistake to a prison in El Salvador, the Washington Post reports. The Justice Department had filed an emergency appeal after US District Judge Paula...

Youth Soccer Coach Charged in Murder of California Teen

Coach also accused of sexual assault in separate case

(Newser) - Oscar Omar Hernandez, 13, was found dead on a Southern California roadside earlier this month—and now youth soccer coach Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino has been charged with the young teen's murder. The charges include murder with a special circumstance of lewd acts with a child, making Garcia-Aquino eligible...

2 Federal Judges Block Alien Enemies Act Deportations

Rulings are a response to SCOTUS decision

(Newser) - Two federal judges—one in Texas, one in New York—have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. The rulings were issued in response to Monday's Supreme Court decision that allowed deportations under the 18th-century wartime law, but said...

Report: Trump Wants to Fine Migrants $998 a Day

'It's to project fear in communities,' a former ICE official tells Reuters

(Newser) - The Trump administration is continuing its push to deport or otherwise vacate immigrants from the United States, and it's now come up with a plan for those who won't leave on their own: Deplete their bank accounts. Reuters has seen documents that suggest President Trump plans to fine...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Deportations Resume
Divided SCOTUS Says
Deportations Can Resume
UPDATED
Apr 7, 2025 6:32 PM CDT

Divided SCOTUS Says Deportations Can Resume

But migrants must get a chance to challenge deportation under 18th century wartime law

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has lifted a court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under an 18th century wartime law. In a bitterly divided 5-4 decision Monday, the court said the migrants still must get a chance to challenge their deportation before they are taken out of the...

Chief SCOTUS Justice Pauses Order to Return Maryland Man

Justice Department claims judge exceeded authority with order on wrongly deported man

(Newser) - Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The Justice Department argued in an emergency appeal to the justices that US District Judge Paula Xinis overstepped her...

Duke Basketball Star May Be Deported

US revokes visas to South Sudanese, including NBA hopeful Khaman Maluach

(Newser) - The US State Department is revoking "all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders," effective immediately, a move that threatens, among others, Duke University basketball star Khaman Maluach. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the announcement on social media Saturday, just before Duke lost its Final Four game...

Bondi Suspends Attorney Who Admitted Deportee Error

Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni had been on Salvadoran case

(Newser) - The Justice Department told an appeals court Saturday that a judge did not have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to a notorious El Salvador prison —and it suspended a government lawyer who admitted in court...

Deportation Flight Attendants Share One Big Concern

They tell ProPublica they aren't sure how they could safely evacuate the plane

(Newser) - When Lala landed a job as a flight attendant with GlobalX, her job offer came with a $26 hourly rate, four weeks of mandated FAA training, and a cyan and light green scarf to wear. The startup had big aspirations: to transport VIPs, like musicians and pro sports teams, and...

Judge Orders US to Bring Salvadoran Deportee Back

Maryland man was taken to a foreign prison because of an 'administrative error'

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the US after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement expelled Kilmar Abrego Garcia last month despite an immigration judge's 2019 ruling...

Facing Deportation, Cornell Student Leaves US on 'Own Terms'

Momodou Taal said he feared being abducted even if a court ruled in his favor

(Newser) - A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he has decided to leave the US, per the AP . Momodou Taal, a citizen of the UK and Gambia, had asked a federal court to halt his detention. But he posted on X...

US Says Maryland Man's Deportation Was in 'Error'

El Salvador native had legal status to be in the US when arrested

(Newser) - The Trump administration acknowledged Monday in a court filing that the deportation of a Maryland man to his native El Salvador last month was a mistake, reports Politico . The case involves Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had protected legal status to be in the US but was among three planeloads of...

El Salvador Imprisons Another 17 US Deportees

The men were taken from Guantanamo

(Newser) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that another 17 immigrants, whom he described as gang members and "violent criminals," have been deported. The Salvadoran and Venezuelan nationals were taken from US immigration detention at Guantánamo Bay and sent to a prison in El Salvador where more...

Judge: Nazis Got Better Treatment Than Venezuelans

Judges appear divided on push to lift order on deportation of alleged gang members

(Newser) - A panel of appeals court judges appeared divided Monday on a Trump administration push to lift an order blocking deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law—a case that has become a flashpoint amid escalating tension with the federal courts. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett...

Critics Decry 'Cruel' DHS Move Against 532K Immigrants

Homeland Security to revoke legal protections for Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month. The order applies to about 532,000 people from the four countries who came to the United States...

Judge Who Ordered Halt to Flights Gives DOJ a Deadline

Judge James Boasberg wants more info by Tuesday

(Newser) - Relations certainly aren't warming between the Trump administration and US District Judge James Boasberg, who last Saturday ordered planes carrying deportees to El Salvador to be turned around and brought back to the US. The aircraft instead landed as scheduled , and on Thursday, Boasberg "edged closer" to holding...

Man Deported to Megaprison Was No Gang Member: Lawyer

'This is the most shocking thing that I've ever seen happen to one of our clients'

(Newser) - The White House says the 200 Venezuelan citizens flown to El Salvador Saturday in defiance of a judge's order are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. But a lawyer for one of the men says he's actually an LGBTQ+ artist who sought refuge in the US...

Trump Lawyer, Judge Have Tense Clash Over Deportations

Administration tries to get federal judge removed from case

(Newser) - A Trump administration lawyer repeatedly refused to answer questions in detail in court late Monday about the deportation of immigrants over the weekend, and some of the answers he did give left the judge incredulous. In a Washington courtroom, US District Judge James Boasberg asked the Justice Department lawyer why...

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