Trump administration adds immigrant Social Security numbers to 'death list' in deportation push

Social Security Lists Thousands of Migrants as Dead to Prompt Them to ‘Self-Deport’

By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.

The New York Times - 2d

Trump administration says man mistakenly deported to El Salvador is 'alive and secure' in first update

The Trump administration provided a Saturday wellness report for the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in their first daily update mandated by a court order. U.S. District Judge Paula ...

The Hill - 1d

The truth about immigrants, Medicare and Social Security

Honest debate can’t start with fiction

MarketWatch - 8h

Judge rules Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled that the Trump administration can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, affirming the controversial argument that his beliefs threaten ...

NBC News - 2d

Supreme Court gives Trump wiggle room with mistaken deportation decision

A Supreme Court decision pushing for the return of a man mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran prison has both his lawyers and the Trump administration claiming victory, leaving unclear if and when ...

The Hill - 1d

Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador 'alive and secure', US says

A judge has called for the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US.

BBC News - 1d

State Department says Maryland man mistakenly deported is "alive and secure"

In a filing on Saturday, the U.S. State Department, however, did not address a judge's demands that the Trump administration detail what steps it is taking to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the ...

CBS News - 1d

Meta adds former Trump advisor to its board

Dina Powell McCormick's husband is a Republican senator who received Trump's endorsement, and she served in Trump's first administration.

CNBC - 2d

China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure

Plus: The Department of Homeland Security begins surveilling immigrants' social media, President Donald Trump targets former CISA director who refuted his claims of 2020 election fraud, and more.

Wired - 1d

US reveals status of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was erroneously deported

The Trump administration told a judge on Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man deported to El Salvador in error, is still in a prison in that country.

ABC News - 1d

Man mistakenly deported remains imprisoned in El Salvador

The Trump administration has confirmed the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is alive and remains imprisoned there. Abrego Garcia was in the United States legally but ...

NBC News - 16h

The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X

The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.

Wired - 2d

Hispanic consumers cut back spending over US deportation fears

Trump’s immigration policies have contributed to a sales slowdown triggered by his tariffs

Financial Times - 18h

If millions of dead people are stealing from Social Security, then why can’t the DOJ find any of them?

Why the ‘dead people collecting Social Security’ narrative just won’t die

MarketWatch - 1d

Trump Adds Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones, Computers and Other Electronics

A long list of electronic products got a reprieve for now from at least some of the levies on China, which had been expected to take a toll on tech giants like Apple.

The New York Times - 1d

Sen. Cory Booker: Mistaken deportations threaten ‘due process rights of everyone’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Meet the Press reacts to the Trump administration’s handling of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

NBC News - 16h

Trump lawyers confirm wrongly deported Maryland man in El Salvador prison

Administration fails to show they have taken any steps to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego García . The Trump administration on Saturday confirmed to a federal judge that a Maryland man ...

The Guardian - 1d

Trump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians

More than 10,000 people will be put on track for deportation in May and June as a result of the Department of Homeland Security’s action.

The New York Times - 2d

Mistakenly deported man is alive and detained in El Salvador, Trump admin says

The Trump administration, in a filing posted to the docket several minutes after a 5 p.m. Saturday deadline, said Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive and remains detained in El Salvador.

NBC News - 1d

North Carolina flu-related deaths at all-time high

North Carolina has reported a record number of flu deaths this respiratory virus season, health officials said this week.

NBC News - 1d

The Trump Administration Is Turning Science Against Itself

In addition to firing researchers and pulling funds, the Trump administration is also inverting science.

Wired - 3d

Trump’s already skirting due process. Now he’s musing about deporting citizens | Moira Donegan

Amid a series of sadistic expulsions, the White House says Trump has reflected kicking Americans out of the country. They’re rounding people up, and you could be next. The Trump administration ...

The Guardian - 18h

Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to 'Immediately' Self-Deport

An email sent by the Department of Homeland Security instructs people in the US on a temporary legal status to leave the country. But who the email actually applies to—and who actually received ...

Wired - 1d

She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her

President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.

The New York Times - 2d