A day after the US Supreme Court allowed the Donald Trump administration to revoke the legal status of over 500,000 migrants, the President took to Truth Social and posted a provocative image with the words: “Let the Deportations Begin.” The image shows dozens of US aeroplanes taking off simultaneously, symbolising mass deportations. On Friday, the…
The US Supreme Court on Friday kept in place its block on President Donald Trump’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a 1798 law historically used only in wartime, faulting his administration for seeking to remove them without adequate legal process. The justices, in a brief and unsigned opinion, granted a request by American Civil Liberties…
A federal judge in Texas ruled that the Trump administration cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan prisoners, who are accused of being members of the criminal group Tren de Aragua. The law, established in 1798, was primarily used in times of war. It was used in the War of 1812, World War I,…
Trump-era deportations rattle US campuses, foreign talent at risk, over 4,000 foreign students face deportation As a wave of deportation threats sweeps across US campuses, over 4,000 foreign students—many of them from India—are facing potential removal under the Trump administration’s renewed immigration crackdown. University officials, legal experts, and students themselves are scrambling to respond, with…
A US judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from implementing a new policy allowing it to rapidly deport hundreds if not thousands of migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to show they fear being persecuted, tortured or killed there. US District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston last month…
US government revokes 340+ visas, sparking panic among international students and researchers The story of the American Dream is one of opportunity, ambition, and hope. But for thousands of international students, that dream has been shattered in an instant. Imagine arriving in the United States, fueled by aspirations of academic success and a future of…
President Donald Trump on Monday questioned the impartiality of the federal judge who blocked his plans to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, levelling his criticism only hours before his administration will ask an appeals court to lift the judge’s order. Just after midnight, Trump posted a social media message calling for Chief Judge James…
Shortly after the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador this weekend, the Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, posted a three-minute video on social media. It featured shackled men being marched off a plane over a dramatic electronic soundtrack and into prison, where they were shaved bald. Mr. Bukele also taunted the U.S. judge…
According to Ms. Casique, her son had no gang affiliation and had entered the United States to seek asylum in late 2023 after several years spent working in Peru to support his family back home. During his journey north, he had been injured in Mexico after a fall from a train, she said. Mr. García,…
Pope Francis issued a major rebuke on Tuesday against the Trump administration’s aggressive migrant deportation policies. He warned that forcibly expelling individuals solely based on their illegal status strips them of their inherent dignity and will ultimately lead to negative consequences. Direct Address to U.S. Bishops Over Immigration Crackdown In a rare move, Francis addressed…