Deportation

Esclusiva: In una lettera, 40 legislatori chiedono alla FAA di affrontare le accuse di maltrattamenti degli immigrati e la 'urgente necessità di trasparenza'. • Un gruppo di 40 democratici della Camera ha descritto come 'gravi preoccupazioni' il programma segreto di voli di deportazione dell'amministrazione Trump e ha chiesto alla Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) di rispondere alle accuse di maltrattamenti e condizioni disumane sui jet charter dell'ICE. • In una lettera condivisa con il Guardian e indirizzata all'amministratore della FAA Bryan Bedford, i legislatori descrivono l' "urgente necessità di trasparenza" riguardo all'uso esteso da parte dell'ICE di aerei di linea commerciali per trasferire immigrati detenuti e i suoi sforzi "inappropriati e pericolosi" per schermare questi voli dallo scrutinio pubblico. Continua a leggere...

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• A federal court reinstated deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian activist detained amid U.S.-Iran tensions. • The decision reverses a prior halt, citing national security risks linked to Mahdawi's alleged ties to groups opposing U.S. policy in the Middle East. • This ruling underscores heightened immigration enforcement in geopolitically charged cases, affecting humanitarian considerations for activists.

• 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. • The bench appeared skeptical of broad executive power to revoke deportation amnesties, per reports from the hearing. • 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 Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, two students who were arrested last year as part of Trump’s campaign against the Gaza protest movement. Continue reading...

• 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. • Patel ruled in January that there were no grounds to deport Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk, 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. • 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 ‘dehumanising process’A flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trump’s 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 “a transition phase for potential onward transmission to other countries”, an unnamed senior Ugandan government official told Reuters. Continue reading...