11 h. ago Trump administration says ‘many’ Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison have no criminal record

ICE officials suggest a lack of information about immigrants summarily deported to the mega prison ‘highlights the risk they pose’

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15 h. ago Woman who had sought protection from deportation in Colorado churches is detained, advocates say

Immigration advocates say a woman who gained prominence after she took refuge in Denver churches to avoid deportation during the first Trump administration has been detained

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17 h. ago The Trump administration accused him of being a gang member and deported him. His family says it’s all made up

Venezuelan barber Francisco Javier Garcia Casique sent to El Salvador mega-prison but has no ties to notorious Tren de Aragua criminal organization, his mother and brother insist

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24 h. ago Judge issues fresh deadline to White House over Venezuelan deportations row – US politics live

Trump administration deported the Venezuelans despite legal orders not to and claimed it had the right to continue flights once they had left US airspaceDonald Trump visited the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday for the first time since making himself its new chair, threatening to shutter an expensive new addition and describing the marble Washington landmark as being in “tremendous disrepair.”Trump presided over the center’s board meeting in a demonstration of his takeover of an institution that has long enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Semisonic reacts as Trump deportation video sends their 90s hit viral once more

White House and Border Patrol official Instagram accounts posted a video of the agents of the agency searching illegal immigrants before deportation set to the tune of the 1998's Closing time.

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33 h. ago Trump administration briefing: judge incredulous at deportations defense; Doge workers break into building

White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela flights; Elon Musk’s Doge workers break into non-government agency – key US politics stories from Monday at a glanceThe Trump administration claimed to a federal judge on Monday that it did not turn around the deportation flights of hundreds of suspected Venezuelan gang members over the weekend despite his specific instructions because that was not expressly included in the formal written order.The administration also said that even if James Boasberg, the chief US district judge in Washington, had included that instruction in his formal order, his authority to compel the planes to return disappeared the moment the planes entered international airspace. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Judge incredulous in Trump deportation case as administration lawyers argue verbal court order isn’t binding – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage hereWhite House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite having a valid visa and a job in the United States. Her lawyers have alleged that Customs and Border Protection ignored that order, and Massachusetts federal judge Leo Sorokin is expected to consider the matter this morning. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago ‘Heckuva stretch’: Skeptical judge questions Trump’s defiance over deportation order

Trump administration attorneys stonewall federal judge as he grills them about deportation flights that he ordered not to leave

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35 h. ago Judge incredulous in Trump deportation case as administration lawyers argue verbal court order isn’t binding – live

Judge in Trump deportation case calls administration lawyers’ argument a ‘heck of a stretch’White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite having a valid visa and a job in the United States. Her lawyers have alleged that Customs and Border Protection ignored that order, and Massachusetts federal judge Leo Sorokin is expected to consider the matter this morning. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Judge in Trump deportation case calls administration lawyers’ argument a ‘heck of a stretch’ – live

Trump administration lawyers argue they only had to comply with judge’s written order, not the order made orally during hearingWhite House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite having a valid visa and a job in the United States. Her lawyers have alleged that Customs and Border Protection ignored that order, and Massachusetts federal judge Leo Sorokin is expected to consider the matter this morning. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Trump administration argues order blocking deportation flights ‘not enforceable’ and seeks removal of judge in case – live

Judge also denied Trump administration lawyers attempt to cancel hearing on disputed deportation of more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang membersWhite House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite having a valid visa and a job in the United States. Her lawyers have alleged that Customs and Border Protection ignored that order, and Massachusetts federal judge Leo Sorokin is expected to consider the matter this morning. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportations

Trump administration used Alien Enemies Act to deport about 250 alleged gang members to El SalvadorUS politics live – latest updatesThe White House has denied allegations that it engaged in a “a blatant violation” of a judge’s order by deporting about 250 Venezuelan alleged gang members to El Salvador on Saturday, with the US border czar appearing to contradict the denial on Monday by declaring: “I don’t care what the judges think.”Lawyers for the Trump administration also argued in a court filing on Monday that the judge’s oral order was “not enforceable”. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago 90s band Semisonic RESPOND to Trump administration using their hit song for deportation video

White House and Border Patrol official Instagram accounts posted a video of the agents of the agency searching illegal immigrants before deportation set to the tune of the 1998's Closing time.

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42 h. ago Trump’s border czar says ‘I don’t care what judges think’ as deportations may have violated court order: Live updates

D.C. court to hear questions Trump administration intentionally defied court order over Venezuelan deportation flights

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47 h. ago Trump administration set for legal fights after carrying out deportations despite court orders – US politics live

Courts to demand answers after doctor is deported and two planeloads of Venezuelans flown to an El Salvador prison; Trump to attend Kennedy Center board meeting Donald Trump may be all in on tariffs, but the Guardian’s Lauren Aratani reports that many Americans are not, including a sizable number of Republicans:Americans are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s bid to overhaul the US economy with sweeping tariffs on foreign goods, according to an exclusive poll for the Guardian, despite the US president’s efforts to downplay the risks of his strategy. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Trump administration deports alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador despite court order

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said 238 members of the Tren de Aragua gang had arrived in the country

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51 h. ago Donald Trump defends Venezuelan gang deportations despite federal judge’s block

Donald Trump has defended deporting hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang, even after a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from carrying out deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

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63 h. ago Trump administration deports hundreds linked to Venezuelan gang despite federal judge’s block

Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act on Saturday via executive order

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3 d. ago The US assault on free speech is not going to end with Mahmoud Khalil

The significance of the Trump administration’s arrest and threat to deport the Palestinian activist cannot be overstatedIt’s 2027 and you’re doom-scrolling in your apartment while eating a single egg for dinner. (Eggs are now $30 a dozen.) You fire off a few angry tweets about abortion rights and go to bed. In the middle of the night armed police break down your door and arrest you for destabilizing the security of the state. You are detained and then – if you hold citizenship elsewhere – deported. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago There can be no ‘Israel exception’ for free speech | Kenneth Roth

Trump should reverse his misguided effort to deport Mahmoud KhalilThe Trump administration’s threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil seems to reflect a dangerous disregard for freedom of expression – a blatant example of official censorship to curb criticism of Israel.Khalil was a recent graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He holds a green card, giving him permanent residence status, and is married to a US citizen. They are expecting their first child soon. Immigration agents arrested him last week in his university housing and sent him for detention from New York City to Louisiana. He had been a leader of protests against Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Continue reading...

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