The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday evening for permission to deport a group of nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang […]
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Trump to Meet President of El Salvador, Where Deportees Face Prison
President Trump will meet with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador at the White House on Monday as the administration ramps up its use of […]
Rubio Says 10 More People Have Been Expelled to El Salvador
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the United States had sent 10 members of two gangs — MS-13, which originated in the […]
Lawyers for Venezuelans Challenge Alien Enemies Act Deportations in Texas
Broadening their efforts to stop the Trump administration from using a rarely invoked wartime statute to carry out deportations, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties […]
Justice Dept. Refuses to Give Judge Flight Data, Citing State Secrets
The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday night that it would not disclose any further information about two flights of Venezuelan migrants it […]
Venezuela Says It Will Resume Accepting U.S. Deportation Flights
Venezuela announced Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the Trump administration to resume accepting deportation flights carrying migrants who were in the United […]
Courts Defer to Executive Branch Factual Claims. Trump Complicates That.
The government typically has an advantage when defending its policies against legal challenges. Courts generally defer to the executive branch’s factual declarations and formal representations […]
Trump Administration Pushes Back Against Judge’s Orders on Deportations
The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to dissolve the orders he put in place this weekend barring it from deporting people suspected of […]
Timeline of Trump’s Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge’s Order
The federal judge’s ruling was clear: The Trump administration could not use an obscure wartime law from the 18th century to deport people without a […]
With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch
The Trump administration moved one large step closer to a constitutional showdown with the judicial branch of government when airplane-loads of Venezuelan detainees deplaned in […]