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Kristi Noem visits El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans
The Trump administration is arguing in federal court that it was justified in sending the Venezuelans to El Salvador, while activists say officials have sent them to a prison rife with human rights ...CBS News - 16h -
Kristi Noem visits El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans
The Trump administration is arguing in federal court that it was justified in sending the Venezuelans to El Salvador, while activists say officials have sent them to a prison rife with human rights ...CBS News - 16h -
‘They tricked us’: migrants who braved the Darién Gap forced home by Trump deal
Under a $6m US deal, hundreds of migrants from Colombia and Ecuador were deported back to their home countries. Outside the Lajas Blancas migrant camp in southern Panama , wooden shops are boarded ...The Guardian - 2d -
ICE arrests over 32,000 migrants in US illegally in 1st 50 days
ICE has arrested over 32,000 migrants who are living in the United States without legal status since Jan. 21, according to Department of Homeland Security officials.ABC News - Mar. 12 -
Trump administration empties Guantánamo of migrants, flies all back to US
The Trump administration’s plans to detain migrants in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, hit another roadblock this week after all 40 such individuals held there were sent back to the United States, with no ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
Judge denies temporary relief in lawsuits challenging Guantánamo migrant detentions
A federal judge on Friday declined to grant temporary injunctive relief to plaintiffs in two lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to detain migrants at Guantánamo Bay. U.S. ...The Hill - Mar. 14 -
First migrant worker dies building a World Cup stadium in Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Arshad, from Pakistan, was a foreman building Aramco Stadium in Al Khobar, one of 11 new venues for 2034. A migrant worker has died while working on a new stadium being built for the 2034 ...The Guardian - Mar. 21 -
DHS ends protected status for over a half-million migrants
The Department of Homeland Security has announced it's revoking the Temporary Protected Status of over half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. This new order applies to ...NBC News - 5d -
Cartel smugglers at U.S.-Canada border advertise to migrants on TikTok | 60 Minutes
Migrants, some with help from smugglers found on TikTok, are crossing the U.S.-Canada border. A Sinaloa cartel member says President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown will not stop the smuggling.CBS News - 4d -
Legal showdown over Trump’s deportation of alleged migrant gang members
In a federal appeals court, the Trump administration defended the president’s move to deport alleged migrant gang members, using a law giving him wartime powers. A federal judge recently blocked ...NBC News - 3d -
How a shelter hit by Trump's aid cuts protects LGBTQ migrants in Mexico
Casa Frida, which aids LGBTQ migrants fleeing identity-based violence, lost 60% of its funds after Trump ordered the suspension of foreign assistance programs.NBC News - 2d -
Cartel smugglers at U.S.-Canada border advertise to migrants on TikTok | 60 Minutes
Migrants, some with help from smugglers found on TikTok, are crossing the U.S.-Canada border. A Sinaloa cartel member says President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown will not stop the smuggling.CBS News - 16h -
Cartel smugglers at U.S.-Canada border advertise to migrants on TikTok | 60 Minutes
Migrants, some with help from smugglers found on TikTok, are crossing the U.S.-Canada border. A Sinaloa cartel member says President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown will not stop the smuggling.CBS News - 16h -
TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
Social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alikeABC News - Mar. 17 -
Judge expands temporary block on Trump's plan to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans
President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target a Venezuelan gang he accused of "unlawfully infiltrating" the United States.NBC News - Mar. 15 -
Appeals court judge questions lack of due process before Venezuelans were deported
U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett repeatedly pressed the Trump administration on the lack of due process protections for alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.NBC News - 3d -
The UN says 2 people are dead and at least 186 missing after 4 migrant boats capsized off Yemen and Djibouti
The UN says 2 people are dead and at least 186 missing after 4 migrant boats capsized off Yemen and DjiboutiABC News - Mar. 7 -
‘It’s helping me build my future’: empowering migrant and refugee families in a London borough of sanctuary
In Islington, a panel of people with migrant and refugee backgrounds is allocating £500,000 in grants to directly help new arrivals who are where they once were. On a cold morning in the heart of ...The Guardian - Mar. 18 -
Major search continues after deadly migrant boat sinking off Cyprus coast
A major rescue operation is continuing off Cyprus’ southern coast following a migrant boat sinking a day earlier that left at least seven deadABC News - Mar. 18 -
DHS secretary set to visit migrant prison on trip that includes stops in El Salvador
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will visit the prison in El Salvador that took in migrants at the center of the deportation battle playing out in U.S. courts.ABC News - 1d -
Judge blocks Trump admin from deporting 5 Venezuelans amid plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act
A federal judge on Saturday preemptively blocked the Trump administration's reported efforts to quickly deport five Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798. The move from ...The Hill - Mar. 15 -
Venezuelans deported last week included 8 women who were returned to US, filings say
The alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported to El Salvador last week included eight female detainees who were later returned to the U.S., according to filings.ABC News - 3d -
Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since ...NBC News - 1d -
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since ...NBC News - 1d -
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since ...NBC News - 1d -
Semisonic objects to White House using song 'Closing Time': 'You missed the point'
The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deporteeABC News - Mar. 17 -
EU to toughen stance on migrant returns
Brussels seeks to send people to ‘return hubs’ outside the bloc if their home countries do not accept themFinancial Times - Mar. 11 -
Italy's top court orders government to compensate migrants who were stranded at sea for days
Italy’s highest appeals court has ordered the government to compensate a group of migrants who were stranded at sea for days on a coast guard vessel in 2018 due to then-Interior minister Matteo ...ABC News - Mar. 7 -
What is the Alien Enemies Act that Trump plans on using to deport migrants to Guantanamo Bay?
Multiple U.S. officials familiar with President Trump's immigration plans say he will invoke a 227-year-old wartime law to authorize the deportation of some migrants as soon as Friday. This would ...CBS News - Mar. 13 -
TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
At a time when legal pathways to the U.S. have been slashed and criminal groups are raking in money from migrant smuggling, social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers ...NBC News - Mar. 17 -
Live updates: Homan on migrant flights; Sanders acknowledges Trump’s efforts on border, fentanyl
President Trump is dealing with backlash from Democrats in Congress, activists and judges as he ramps up deportations of migrants from the U.S. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg recently imposed a ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump administration to end legal status of 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela
The Trump administration is ending legal status for more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, according to a notice posted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ...The Hill - 4d -
Florida considers bill to roll back child labor laws to fill jobs once held by undocumented migrants
Florida lawmakers are considering major changes to state child labor laws to address a potential shortage of migrant workers due to GOP-led immigration crackdowns, which would allow teens to work ...The Hill - 2d -
Americans Describe Being Detained as Hostages in a Venezuelan Prison
They were American tourists hoping for a good time, they said. Then they became captives of an autocratic government.The New York Times - Mar. 19 -
Trump puts Venezuelan oil importers in tariff crosshairs
Also in today’s newsletter, the prospect of a new nuclear arms race and how lawyers are reacting to Trump’s attacksFinancial Times - 2d -
Venezuelans deported to mega-prison 'trapped in black hole'
Gertrudis Pineda tells the BBC she has no information about her son who was sent by the US to a prison in El Salvador.BBC News - 10h -
Venezuelans deported to mega-prison 'trapped in black hole'
Gertrudis Pineda tells the BBC she has no information about her son who was sent by the US to a prison in El Salvador.BBC News - 10h -
Monday Briefing
The Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans.The New York Times - Mar. 17 -
Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers say
Lawyers demand in updated lawsuit that Columbia University graduate be released from custody. Mahmoud Khalil felt as though he was being kidnapped when he was handcuffed and shackled and rushed ...The Guardian - Mar. 14 -
Migrant dies attempting to cross English Channel
The Kuwati man, in his sixties, suffered a cardiac arrest on the boat that was carrying him from northern France, officials said.BBC News - Mar. 8