President Donald Trump has ordered federal immigration authorities to intensify deportation efforts in Democratic-led cities while pausing enforcement actions in industries reliant on undocumented labor, a two-pronged move that reflects both political calculation and mounting economic pressure. In a post on Truth Social, Trump on Sunday instructed U.S. Immigration and …
Read More »Federal Judge Says Trump Administration Violated Court Order With Secret Migrant Deportations
A federal judge issued a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration on Wednesday, accusing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of violating a court order by secretly deporting eight migrants to third countries without giving them adequate time or information to contest their removal. In a tense courtroom exchange, U.S. …
Read More »Judge Questions Trump’s Claims as Court Probes Legality of Migrant Detentions in El Salvador
A federal judge raised serious questions Wednesday about the Trump administration’s claim that it is not responsible for the men it deported to El Salvador, citing President Donald Trump’s own public statements suggesting otherwise. Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg sharply questioned the government’s assertion that the 238 deported men …
Read More »Federal Judge in Denver Grants Restraining Order on Alien Enemies Act Removals
A federal judge in Denver on Tuesday granted a motion for a temporary restraining order blocking the removal of detainees held in Colorado under the 1798 law that President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked to send hundreds of people to a brutal maximum-security prison in El Salvador. U.S. District Court …
Read More »Trump Faces Setbacks on Ukraine Peace and Migrant Deportations
President Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda encountered two significant setbacks this week, as the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted the mass deportation of Venezuelan migrants and diplomatic efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war showed signs of unraveling. On Friday, the Supreme Court issued a late-night emergency order pausing the administration’s …
Read More »Two Federal Judges Block Trump Administration Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act
Federal judges in Texas and New York Wednesday temporarily halted the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in parts of those two states where Venezuelans set for deportation are incarcerated. The American Civil Liberties Union filed cases in the Southern District of New York and the …
Read More »Trump Administration Deports Nearly 300 Under Alien Enemies Act Despite Court Order
The Trump administration announced Sunday that nearly 300 immigrants alleged to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were deported to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, despite a federal judge’s ruling temporarily blocking the deportations. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the move, …
Read More »Trump’s ICE Deportations Lag Behind Biden Despite Crackdown
Newly obtained data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reveals that fewer immigrants were deported in February 2025 than in the same month a year prior under the Biden administration, despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to ramp up deportations. According to the data, ICE deported around 11,000 migrants in February, …
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