5 h. ago Belarus forcibly deported political prisoners after U.S. deal, opposition says

Belarus has forcibly deported political prisoners released in a U.S.-led deal, according to opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

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8 h. ago Belarus prisoners forcibly deported to Lithuania after US deal, says opposition

Prisoners freed after Trump appeal were near end of terms and should have right to stay, say exiled opposition leadersBelarusian prisoners released from jail and exiled to Lithuania in a US-brokered deal have said they were confused over having to leave Belarus – especially as many were almost due to be freed anyway.Belarus freed 52 prisoners including an EU employee on Thursday after an appeal from Donald Trump as Washington and Minsk consider a rapprochement that many European leaders have viewed with scepticism. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Brit among dozens of prisoners released by Belarus and pardoned by dictator Lukashenko after US deal to lift sanctions

The list of prisoners released at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump contained 14 foreign nationals who had been convicted on crimes including espionage, extremism, and terrorism.

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30 h. ago Taxpayers to drop another $1.1 million on new batch of Trumpified ICE vehicles

Exclusive: As the White House slashes funding for education and renewable energy, the American public is again ponying up to expand ICE’s fleet

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30 h. ago Taxpayers to drop another $1.2 million on new batch of Trumpified ICE vehicles

Exclusive: As the White House slashes funding for education and renewable energy, the American public is again ponying up to expand ICE’s fleet

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52 h. ago Irish grandmother and green card holder held by ICE over $25 bad check

Missouri healthcare worker Donna Hughes-Brown, who has five grandchildren, is facing potential deportation to Ireland after almost half a century of legal residence in the U.S., her husband says

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52 h. ago Trump was barely stopped from deporting a plane full of Guatemalan kids. That could just be the beginning

Lawyers say ICE is imminently preparing to deport Honduran minors in federal custody while Honduran officials say they’re planning for their ‘safe return’

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3 d. ago Trump administration taunts Kilmar Abrego Garcia as ICE reveals plans to deport him to tiny African country

Homeland Security says wrongfully deported Maryland immigrant will be sent to Eswatini

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4 d. ago DHS launches ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ unveiling plans for mass deportation arrests in Chicago

Demonstrators gathered in Chicago over the weekend to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies

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4 d. ago Mahmoud Khalil on exile, liberation and Ice detention: ‘It was a clear act of cruelty’

His grandparents survived the Nakba and he fled Assad’s Syria. Khalil is no stranger to political persecution, but not even Trump’s crackdown can silence himWhen a history of resistance to the lurching authoritarianism of Donald Trump’s second presidency is written, it could well begin on 11 April 2025, inside a small immigration courtroom in remote, central Louisiana.It was there, in the early afternoon, that a slight young man dressed in a blue uniform jumpsuit spoke calmly but directly to the new administration – away from the gaze of television cameras and 1,000 miles (1,610km) from his friends and family. Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and Palestinian organiser, had been arrested a month earlier – snatched from the lobby of his Manhattan apartment building as he returned home with his wife. Now, detained in the small town of Jena, he sat before a judge who had just ruled that he was eligible to be deported from the United States purely for his political views....

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4 d. ago ‘They just want a better life’: the UK households who host asylum seekers

The charity Refugees at Home helps volunteers with a spare room to lend take in people who have sought refugeUK politics live – latest updates“It’s heartbreaking for me, I don’t understand people putting up the flag,” said Mohammad, who crossed the Channel almost four years ago, desperate to escape persecution. Back then it was rare to see St George’s cross flags as frequently as he does driving around now. The flags are seen as divisive and dangerous in a climate of anti-migrant protests where political discourse is fixated on deportations, small boats and threats to withdraw the UK from human rights frameworks. It has left individuals who have sought refuge in the UK feeling anxious, upset and fearing repercussions.“Immigrants, they just want to have a better life. If our country was safe, was all right, we would never leave,” said Mohammad, who asked to use only his first name fearing reprisals. After facing persecution as a practising Christian in Shia-majority Iran, Mohammad le...

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6 d. ago Judge rips Trump’s ‘derogatory’ comments about Haitians eating pets and blocks deportation for more than 1 million migrants

Judge’s decision temporarily shields tens of thousands of Haitians and Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status from removal

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8 d. ago Noem spent $200 million on ads and promised to say how many self

Those that used the CBP Home app, which the government spent $200 million promoting via nationwide ads, are meant to receive financial assistance of up to $1,000, and a free flight home

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8 d. ago Fears of being killed and vomiting from stress: Harrowing court filings reveal Trump admin’s frantic child deportation flights

Teens describe fears of returning to Guatemala and frantic deportation flights before judge blocked their removal

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9 d. ago Conservative appeals court rips Trump for describing migrants as an invasion to justify mass deportations

Circuit court judges rule ‘no invasion or predatory incursion’ made by Tren de Aragua criminals to justify invocation of 18th century wartime law

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9 d. ago Appeals court rules Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport accused members of Venezuelan gang

Circuit court judges rule ‘no invasion or predatory incursion’ made by Tren de Aragua criminals to justify invocation of 18th century wartime law

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9 d. ago Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, appeals court rules – US politics live

2-1 decision from fifth circuit is the first federal appeals court ruling on presidential proclamation invoking 1798 lawHello and welcome to the US politics live blog for today. I am Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with the news that a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that president Donald Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans he alleged were part of a criminal gang.A judge has found the Trump administration’s use of national guard troops during southern California immigration enforcement protests was illegal. Judge Charles Breyer ruled on Tuesday that the administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids. The judge did not require the remaining troops withdrawn, however.The US House of Representatives oversight committee released thousands of pages of records related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein from the justice departme...

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1 week ago Pregnant teen Bella Culley on verge of deal which could see her freed from Georgia prison

The pregnant teen from Teesside was arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into Tsibili in May

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1 week ago Tiny African country detaining five deported US migrants asked Trump team for $500 million: report

Activists challenge secret agreement between US and Eswatini as human rights groups warn against lack of due process

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1 week ago Judge blasts Trump team’s ‘startling’ attempt to rapidly deport immigrants: ‘Violates due process’

Fast-tracked removal process central to the president’s mass deportation agenda risks illegal deportations, judge says

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