Federal Courts Buck Trump Deportation Schemes, Focusing on Due Process Rights

If there has been a common theme in the federal courts’ response to the fallout from President Trump’s aggressive deportation policies, it is that the White House cannot rush headlong into expelling people by sidestepping the fundamental principle of due process. In case after case, a legal bottom line is emerging: Immigrants should at least […]

India Is Accused of Inhumane Deportation of Rohingya Refugees

The United Nations has called for an investigation into “credible reports” that Indian authorities rounded up Rohingya refugees and expelled them, in some cases by putting them into the Andaman Sea off the shore of the same country they had escaped from, fearing persecution and death. The episode appeared to be part of a broader […]

Florida woman hit with $1.82m fine for ignoring 2005 deportation order

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) A 41-year-old undocumented immigrant from Honduras living in Florida has been hit with a staggering $1.82 million civil fine for failing to leave the United States after receiving a deportation order nearly two decades ago, reported CBS News. The woman, a mother of three US citizen children, was fined $500 […]

Priya Saxena: Federal court protects Indian student Priya Saxena in US from deportation over minor traffic violation

Federal court protects Indian student Priya Saxena in US from deportation over minor traffic violation (Picture credit: LinkedIn, X) A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction protecting Priya Saxena, a 28-year-old Indian student who recently completed her PhD in South Dakota, from deportation following the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) attempt to revoke her […]

2-year-old girl reunites with her mother in Venezuela after US deportation | World News

2-year-old girl reunites with her mother in Venezuela after US deportation (Photo: AP) A 2-year-old girl arrived Wednesday in Caracas to reunite with her mother after she was separated from her parents when they were deported from the US in what Venezuela denounced as a kidnapping.Maikelys Espinoza arrived at an airport outside the capital, Caracas, […]

Trump administration ends deportation protections for Afghans, citing Taliban-era tourism

FIle photo: Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem (Picture credit: AP) The Trump administration on Monday officially ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghan nationals in the US, stating that improved conditions in Taliban-run Afghanistan no longer justify such humanitarian protections. The move is set to impact thousands of Afghans who fled the country following the […]

Tennessee ICE operation sparks fear in immigrant communities as over 100 arrested under Trump deportation plan

A recent joint operation between US immigration department and the Tennessee highway patrol has resulted in the arrest of over 100 people, sparking concern and uncertainty within Nashville’s immigrant community. The operation, which began on May 3, saw the Highway Patrol making 588 stops, of which 103 individuals were detained under suspicion of immigration violations, […]

Trump Offers to Pay Immigrants Who Deport Themselves

The Trump administration is offering a cash stipend and travel home to undocumented immigrants who willingly leave the United States, officials said on Monday, its latest effort to increase deportations. The policy, which will offer $1,000 and a flight home to each immigrant who leaves, is part of the Trump administration’s push to persuade immigrants […]

AOC claps back at Tom Homan’s deportation threat: ‘Come, take me’

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and border official Tom Homan Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, taunted Tom Homan on Friday after the border official threatened to report her to the Justice Department for guiding migrants about avoiding deportation.At a Queens town hall gathering, Ocasio-Cortez expressed her lack of concern regarding the immigration official’s statements following her office’s “Know […]