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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Deportations Resume
Divided SCOTUS Says
Deportations Can Resume
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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...

Hugh Grant Slams 'Creepy' Encounter at Heathrow

Actor says immigration officer put his kids on the spot, asked 'intrusive' questions about their parents

(Newser) - Hugh Grant may have just taken a creepy star turn in the 2024 thriller Heretic, but now the UK actor is accusing immigration officials at England's largest airport of being the creepy ones, reports People . "Just came through Heathrow with wife and children," Grant posted on X...

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...

In Big Shift, IRS Would Help Locate Migrants in US

Under new deal, agency would confirm addresses provided by ICE

(Newser) - In what would represent a significant shift in how it uses taxpayer data, the IRS is poised to start helping immigration officials locate undocumented migrants in the US. The Washington Post and CNN both report that the IRS is close to working out a deal after weeks of negotiations with...

Trump Border Czar: We'll Abide by Judge's Deportation Order

Though Tom Homan doesn't specify exactly what that means, given the flights already landed

(Newser) - President Trump's border czar said less than a week ago that he didn't "care what the judges think" regarding the administration's controversial deportation flights to El Salvador, which continued despite a judge ordering them to turn around last weekend, and that more would be coming . He...

Human Smugglers at the Border Turn to TikTok

Social media is helping them expand their reach to those looking for a way into the US

(Newser) - The videos roll through TikTok in 30-second flashes. Migrants trek in camouflage through desert terrain. Dune buggies roar up to the US-Mexico border barrier. Families with young children pass through gaps in the wall. Laced with emojis, the videos posted by smugglers offer a simple promise: If you don't...

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...

UK, Germany Issue US Travel Warnings
UK, Germany Issue
US Travel Warnings
Mar 21, 2025 10:45 AM CDT

UK, Germany Issue US Travel Warnings

Nations are wary of their citizens visiting US amid Trump administration moves

(Newser) - Two US allies have adjusted their travel recommendations for the United States, and not in an encouraging direction. The Hill reports that on Thursday, the United Kingdom updated its guidance for travel to the US, with the government warning its citizens to "comply with all entry, visa, and other...

Canadian Recounts Border Ordeal: I Felt 'Kidnapped'

Jasmine Mooney was detained for nearly 2 weeks over her visa application

(Newser) - Amid all the friction between the US and Canada at the moment, 35-year-old Jasmine Mooney has inadvertently become a very public face of it. Mooney, a Canadian national, was detained for 12 days by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over an issue with her visa application, reports the New York Times ...

Trump's New Push: Migrants Must Self-Deport

President encourages them to use new app, or risk never being allowed back into the US

(Newser) - The Trump administration is getting increasingly aggressive with deportations, and now President Trump himself is encouraging migrants to do the job themselves. In a new video , the president tells migrants to use a newly launched federal app to guide them through the self-deportation process, reports the Hill . It's in...

Stephen Miller, Team Trump Relish This Judicial Fight
Stephen Miller, Team Trump
Relish This Judicial Fight
the rundown
Mar 18, 2025 6:45 AM CDT

Stephen Miller, Team Trump Relish This Judicial Fight

Aide calls Democratic critic of deportations 'an absolute moron'

(Newser) - The White House is aggressively pushing back against challenges to its deportation of immigrants over the weekend. A Justice Department lawyer, for example, clashed with a federal judge in court on Monday, maintaining that the move was a matter of national security because the deportees were alleged gang members. And...

Driving the Population Growth of Big Counties: Immigrants

Those in Houston, Miami, and Phoenix would not have seen gains otherwise

(Newser) - Immigrants kept the largest urban counties in the US growing last year, reports the AP :
  • Core counties in the Houston, Miami, and Phoenix metropolitan areas grew more than any others in the country primarily because of people moving in from outside the US, according to new population estimates from the
...

Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation
Protest Leader at Columbia
Now Faces Deportation
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 10, 2025 11:57 AM CDT

Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation

Mahmoud Khalil arrested by ICE agents under new crackdown

(Newser) - A former Columbia University grad student and Palestinian activist who helped organize anti-Israel protests at the school was arrested in his university-owned apartment over the weekend by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, reports the AP , which calls the move "a significant escalation in the Trump administration's pledge to...

DHS: We're Making Workers Take Lie Detector Tests

Homeland Security chief Noem blames agency leaks for disrupting immigration enforcement efforts

(Newser) - Staffers at the Department of Homeland Security may soon find themselves hooked up to lie-detecting sensors, if they haven't been already. Sources tell NBC News that the federal agency has begun administering polygraph tests to workers in an effort to suss out leaks to the media that some say...

White House Dismisses Report on Ukrainian Refugees

Reuters says 240K refugees may lose legal status, but press chief calls it 'fake news'

(Newser) - The White House is pushing back against a report in Reuters that the Trump administration plans to revoke the legal status of 240,000 Ukrainian refugees who fled the Russian invasion to come to the US. "This is more fake news from Reuters based on anonymous sources who have...

Trump: For $5M, I'll Give Foreigners a 'Gold Card'
Trump Rolling Out
a $5M 'Gold Card'
Feb 26, 2025 6:00 AM CST

Trump Rolling Out a $5M 'Gold Card'

Visa program is like a green card, but for rich people who can pony up

(Newser) - President Trump teased a new visa program Tuesday with something "like a green card," but his favorite color: gold. Trump said the gold card, with "a higher level of sophistication," would offer "very high-level people" a new "route to citizenship"—for the cost...

Religious Groups Push Back on Migrant Raids

Federal lawsuit seeks to roll back giving immigration agents more access to houses of worship

(Newser) - More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans—ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism, to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists—filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests in houses of...

DOJ Accuses Chicago of 'Thwarting' Immigration Laws

Trump administration 'sanctuary city' lawsuit also names Illinois

(Newser) - The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday alleging that "sanctuary" laws in the nation's third-largest city "thwart" federal efforts to enforce immigration laws. The Justice Department lawsuit, which also names the State of Illinois, is the latest effort to act against places that limit cooperation between federal...

US Begins Flying Migrants to Guantanamo Bay

US has been erecting a tent city at the base in Cuba to temporarily hold people

(Newser) - The first two military flights taking migrants detained in the US to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba have taken off, reports the Wall Street Journal . It's part of President Trump's plan to dramatically ramp up the base's ability to temporarily house migrants. The New York ...

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