8 d. ago Trump border czar Tom Homan says administration will not defy court order on deportation flights

Donald Trump’s border czar seems to suggest the administration will not defy a judge’s order on deportation flights to El Salvador.

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1 week ago Trump’s border czar wants Supreme Court to ‘finally’ answer birthright citizenship question it decided in 1898

Multiple Supreme Court decisions have affirmed constitutional right to birthright citizenship

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2 w. 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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3 w. ago South Carolina court clears way for first execution by firing squad in 15 years

Lawyers for Brad Sigmon said he chose a death by firing squad because he thought lethal injection would be tortuousSouth Carolina’s supreme court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of convicted murderer Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for his execution by firing squad on Friday.Sigmon’s lawyers wanted to delay his death so they could get a fuller hearing in court to learn more information about the drug South Carolina uses in lethal injections. Sigmon said that lack of information forced him to choose to be shot to death. The state also has an electric chair, but Sigmon said he didn’t want to suffer being cooked alive by electricity. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago South Carolina Supreme Court rejects man's final appeal, clearing way for firing squad execution

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday’s firing squad execution

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4 w. ago ‘They worship death’: Trump ‘border czar’ reveals extremist views in interview

The ‘great replacement’ theory, human sacrifice and torture videos: Tom Homan’s talk with Tucker Carlson offered a grab bag of far-right talking pointsDon’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.Donald Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, and far-right media personality Tucker Carlson talked about a bizarre range of extremist and racist conspiracy theories in an interview just weeks before Homan took office and was trusted with implementing a wide-ranging crackdown on migrants.The conversation included Carlson’s claim that Mexican cartels come “from cultures that have practiced human sacrifice for thousands of years”, connected the racist “great replacement” theory to Biden’s immigration policy, and advocated the arrest of elected US leaders who opposed Donald Trump’s policies on migrants. Continue reading...

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