ā¢ Hundreds gathered at the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, for arguments on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and Syrians, with justices scrutinizing President Trump's authority to end the program.
ā¢ The bench appeared skeptical of broad executive power to revoke deportation amnesties, per reports from the hearing.
ā¢ A ruling could impact thousands facing deportation and test limits on immigration executive actions ahead of midterms.
Immigration judges Roopal Patel and Nina Froes among six judges terminated by Department of JusticeTwo immigration judges who ruled against the Trump administration in the deportation cases of pro-Palestinian university students have been fired by the Department of Justice.The New York Times reported over the weekend that the justice department had terminated six judges, including Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, who oversaw deportation proceedings against RĆ¼meysa ĆztĆ¼rk and Mohsen Mahdawi, two students who were arrested last year as part of Trumpās campaign against the Gaza protest movement. Continue reading...
ā¢ The Trump administration fired six immigration judges on Friday, including Judge Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, for dismissing high-profile deportation cases against international students involved in pro-Palestinian protests.
ā¢ Patel ruled in January that there were no grounds to deport Turkish student RĆ¼meysa ĆztĆ¼rk, targeted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio after her critical op-ed on Tufts University's Palestine stance; Froes ended proceedings against Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi in February.
ā¢ The judges reported pressure from the administration to approve more deportations, as revealed in interviews with The New York Times.
Immigration agents have spread into rural western Wisconsin, taking dozens of people from towns in more politically conservative areasThe Mexican restaurant where multiple workers were taken in February still sits dark, across the road from a travel plaza where people were also arrested by federal agents.An Ecuadorian market in a nearby town targeted by immigration agents is back open again, with a sign on the door telling people to ring the bell before entering. Continue reading...
Dozen people arrive under new deal but legal challenges expected with process criticised for ādehumanising processāA flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trumpās administration pushes on with its strategy of expelling migrants to countries they have no ties to.The deported people would stay in the east African country as āa transition phase for potential onward transmission to other countriesā, an unnamed senior Ugandan government official told Reuters. Continue reading...
Kristi Noem was replaced by Markwayne Mullin as DHS secretary and Gregory Bovino was demoted, signally a change in tone even as arrests have continuedThroughout last year, Donald Trump delivered on his signature campaign promise of mass deportation in draconian and theatrical style. Hardline figures such as Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, and Gregory Bovino, the border patrol commander, became the face of Trumpās crackdown, defending a strategy of large-scale raids that sent immigration agents flooding into US cities, terrorizing communities and clashing with protesters.Then in January, immigration officers killed two US citizens, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, in a matter of three weeks. The killings spurred a sweeping backlash that has led Democratic members of Congress to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for more than a month in an attempt to rein in ICE. Even Trump said āmaybe we could use a little bit of a softer touchā. Continue reading...
AI-generated footage depicts group of men performing a corrido, singing phrases including āreturn to your rootsāAn AI-generated video from the US embassy in Mexico encouraging migrants to āself-deportā has sparked disbelief and outrage online.The video posted this week on official embassy social media accounts depicts a group of men wearing black caps and sporting tattoos performing a kind of traditional Mexican ballad known as a corrido. Continue reading...
Professionals from across Europe urge MEPs to reject plans, saying āclimate of fearā could stop people seeking careMore than 1,100 healthcare professionals from across Europe have urged MEPs to reject proposed measures aimed at increasing the deportation of undocumented people, warning they could threaten public health by transforming essential public services, including hospitals, into sites of immigration enforcement.The draft plans, which are due to go to a vote on Thursday, have been in the works since last March, when the European Commission laid out its proposal to target people with no legal right to stay in the EU, including potentially sending them to offshore centres in non-EU countries. Continue reading...
The homeland security shutdown has snarled airport lines and halted pay for some, even as lawmakers negotiate a dealUS politics live ā latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailRepublican senators are considering a bipartisan deal to restore funding to most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would initially exclude money for arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants, according to media reports.Under the potential agreement, Republicans would accede to Democratic demands to restore funding to all parts of the department except for those involved in immigration enforcement operations, according to Politico and the Associated Press. The GOP would then move to pay for those enforcement operations using the budget reconciliation process, in which they can address spending and revenue issues without relying on votes from Democrats. Continue reading...
