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ICE arrest reveals hidden past of an Iowa schools superintendent Ian Roberts had become a beloved member of the Des Moines public school system. Now parents are grappling with how his immigration status and criminal record were overlooked.

NEW: Great deep dive into the Iowa superintendent’s past, by Marianne Levine

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Trump administration offers migrant children cash to self-deport DHS said the program was “strictly voluntary” and aimed at helping children return to their families. Immigrant advocates likened it to “cash bribes for kids.”

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Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego García’s request to reopen case The judge found “insufficient evidence” to show that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda, according to a copy of the decision reviewed by The Washington Post.

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Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego García’s request to reopen case

The judge, who works for DOJ, found “insufficient evidence” that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda.

DHS had said “He will be processed for removal to Uganda.”

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Deportations drive a new wave of family breakups

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Judge: Trump lawyer made false claims in court to hastily deport Guatemalan kids A Trump-appointed federal judge found Justice Department lawyer Drew Ensign made false claims to justify a “hasty operation” to deport Guatemalan children.

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Trump’s mass deportations bring a new wave of family separations As ICE officers ramp up arrests, hundreds of migrant children are being sent to federal shelters. Some parents are given a choice: Deport with their children or face separation.

UPDATED ICE is referring hundreds of immigrant children to federal shelters from the US interior, not from the border.

Among them are parents separated from their children, an issue raised at a Senate hearing today:

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Trump’s mass deportations bring a new wave of family separations As ICE officers ramp up arrests, hundreds of migrant children are being sent to federal shelters. Some parents are given a choice: Deport with their children or face separation.

FAMILY SEPARATION: As ICE officers ramp up arrests, hundreds of migrant children are being sent to federal shelters. Some parents are given a choice: Deport with their children or face separation. ✍🏼 @mariasacchetti.bsky.social
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Trump’s mass deportations bring a new wave of family separations As ICE officers ramp up arrests, hundreds of migrant children are being sent to federal shelters. Some parents are given a choice: Deport with their children or face separation.

SCOOP: Sulma arrived in the US with her daughters in 2019.

ICE pulled her over weeks ago.

She has no criminal record. She’s a crime victim.

By nightfall she was in detention. Her twins were in US custody, among hundreds of minors ICE referred to shelters this year.

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Bondi decisions limit asylum for victims of domestic abuse, gang violence The rulings mark the first time the attorney general has used her authority to review immigration appeals court rulings and set precedents for judges nationwide.

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Trump administration rescinds protected status for 250,000 Venezuelans The Department of Homeland Security is ending temporary protected status created in 2021 for Venezuelan migrants, affecting tens of thousands in the U.S.

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Trump administration rescinds protected status for 250,000 Venezuelans The Department of Homeland Security is ending temporary protected status created in 2021 for Venezuelan migrants, affecting tens of thousands in the U.S.

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Kilmar Abrego García detained by ICE days after release from custody Kilmar Abrego García was detained by ICE after arriving at the agency’s Baltimore field office as part of a required check-in after his release pending trial on human smuggling charges, his attorney s...

Breaking news: Kilmar Abrego García was detained by ICE on Monday after arriving at the agency’s Baltimore field office as part of a required check-in after his release pending trial on human smuggling charges, his attorney said.

Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown President Donald Trump said Chicago is his next likely target to crack down on urban crime. Military planning has been ongoing for weeks, officials say.

EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago as President Donald Trump seeks to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, in a model that could later be used in other major cities.

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Kilmar Abrego García’s lawyers say Trump threat to deport him to Uganda is coercion Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers contends the Trump administration is trying to force him to plead guilty or face deportation to Uganda.

NEW w/ @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social

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Kilmar Abrego García set free but ICE threatens to deport him to Uganda

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Kilmar Abrego García set free after illegal deportation, smuggling charges The Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador has been released as he awaits trial on human smuggling charges. ICE may try to quickly deport him.

Breaking news: Kilmar Abrego García, the Maryland man illegally deported to his native El Salvador, has been released while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges.

The Trump administration claimed he would “never go free” in the U.S. again.

Kilmar Abrego García set free after illegal deportation, smuggling charges The Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador has been released as he awaits trial on human smuggling charges. ICE may try to quickly deport him.

NEWS W/ @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social

Kilmar Abrego García set free after illegal deportation, smuggling charges

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Reupping @drewharwell.com 's story with some background on Noem. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Kristi Noem is living free of charge in Coast Guard commandant’s home A DHS spokesman said Noem must live on the military base because she had been “so horribly doxxed and targeted that she is no longer able to safely live in her own apartment.”

BIG SCOOP by @danlamothe.bsky.social & co at the @washingtonpost.com

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Trump’s plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape Fort Bliss is preparing to detain at least 1,000 undocumented immigrants starting this month on the Mexican border.

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Trump’s plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape

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Analysis | Consumed by Epstein, Trump has lost ground on the economy and immigration When he was sworn in, Trump promised a new “Golden Age.” It’s clear that, six months into his presidency, the public isn’t buying all the hype.

Rad the penultimate Sunday Take by the incomparable Dan Balz who is retiring: Consumed by Epstein, Trump has lost ground on the economy and immigration. Trump promised a new “Golden Age," but six months in, the public isn’t buying all the hype. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.

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ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.

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Immigrants could be deported to third countries with little to no notice—>

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Trump administration preparing to deport detainees to South Sudan A federal judge in Boston rejected a final plea Friday from the immigrants’ lawyers, saying the Supreme Court authorized the transfers.

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Federal judge bars Trump administration from expelling asylum seekers Border crossings have dropped significantly since Trump took office and declared an ‘invasion’ at the border. Now a judge has ruled Trump’s proclamation was unlawful.

Federal judge bars Trump administration from expelling asylum seekers
: The judge ruled that the president cannot create an “alternative immigration system” that tramples on existing federal law.


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What is and isn’t legal when ICE officers make an immigration arrest Videos showing masked officers whisking people into unmarked cars have sparked outcry. A look at ICE’s powers as Congress prepares to give the agency a giant infusion of cash.

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Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed. Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.

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Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported after firing shots in a Houston suburb & reentering the U.S. illegally.

Now he’s being freed.

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Kilmar Abrego García pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges The federal charges are the latest turn in a legal battle over a mistaken deportation that has seen the Trump administration repeatedly resist court orders.

Kilmar Abrego García pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges

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