Last week, the Supreme Court blocked Donald Trump from continuing to use an archaic wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants without due process, after the administration sent hundreds of people to prison in El Salvador this way. In a 7-2 decision, the justices vacated a decision by the Fifth Circuit …
Read More »Lawyers Say Trump's Admin Is Endangering Moms of Deported American Kids
The news that three U.S. citizen children were illegally removed from Louisiana and flown to Honduras last Friday has swept the nation. President Donald Trump’s administration continues to double down, insisting that the two mothers wanted to take their children with them, despite the deported families’ legal counsel vehemently denying …
Read More »Lawyers for Deported U.S. Citizen Kids Say Moms Were 'Coerced' Into Taking Them
Three U.S. citizen children were illegally removed from Louisiana and flown to Honduras on Friday, their attorneys say, in a story that has swiftly caught national attention. Legal counsel for the two Louisiana families tells Rolling Stone that both mothers say they were not given the option of keeping their …
Read More »Trump's War on the Vulnerable Has Now Reached Military Families
The family residential section of U.S. Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, is usually a very pleasant place, with military families from the Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps enjoying the sunny respite of a golden duty station like Key West. At least it was until the Department of Homeland …
Read More »'Wasting Judicial Resources': Judge Shreds Trump Admin's Alien Enemies Act Case
Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a Venezuelan couple Friday after a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Trump administration’s handling of their case did not have a “lawful basis.” U.S. District Judge David Briones of El Paso wrote in a searing ruling that ICE had not demonstrated convincing evidence …
Read More »Judge Slams Trump Admin's 'Intentional Noncompliance' With Court Order
The judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, has accused the Trump administration of engaging in “a willful and bad faith refusal” to comply with court orders and discovery obligations related to the case. In a scathing …
Read More »Supreme Court Orders Trump to Freeze Next Round of Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act
The Supreme Court blocked Donald Trump’s administration from another round of deportations under the Alien Enemies Act in the early hours of Saturday. Their ruling was made after lawyers said in an emergency appeal that a group of immigrants from Venezuela detained in Texas were slated for deportation, potentially to …
Read More »Judges Smack Down Trump's 'Shocking' and 'Lawless' Arguments in Abrego Garcia Case
An appeals court smacked down Donald Trump’s latest effort to avoid complying with directives from the Supreme Court and a district court, which both ordered the administration to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man it illegally sent to a notorious torture prison in El Salvador. A three-judge panel on …
Read More »Trump Admin Deports Teen With No Criminal Record to El Salvador Prison: Report
Wilmer Gutiérrez last saw his son the morning of Feb. 24. Later that day, his nephew called to tell him that 19-year-old Merwil Gutiérrez had been arrested just steps from their shared apartment in the Bronx. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our …
Read More »The Trump Admin's Lies About Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Debunked
Donald Trump’s deportation agenda has drawn its focus around Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man the administration illegally shipped to an infamous torture prison in El Salvador — an action they admitted was a mistake, citing an “administrative error.” The Supreme Court has since ruled that the administration must bring …
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