Trump Administration Deportation Archives

‘Never imagined detention in US’: Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil pleads for release; says arrest caused ‘irreparable harm’ to family, career

Mahmoud Khalil (File photo) Columbia University alumnus, currently facing deportation due to his pro-Palestinian activism, has detailed the significant “irreparable harm” due to his ongoing detention to his personal and professional life, while a federal judge considers his release.In court documents made public on Thursday, Mahmoud Khalil described how the “most immediate and visceral harms” […]

ICE arrests 12 in Nantucket, Massachusetts; lawmaker slams ‘shameful’ political move

US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) Several people were deported from Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Tuesday as part of an US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) operation on the island.In a post on X, the department of homeland security said, “ICE is removing illegal aliens from ALL states, communities, and worksites across this country.” “If you […]

Trump administration seeks to deport Russian scientist: Lawyer

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova was detained in February The Trump administration is seeking to deport a Harvard scientist to her home country of Russia, which she fled fearing political persecution, her lawyer told AFP Wednesday.Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in February upon returning to […]

Judge allows Trump administration to use wartime law to deport Venezuelan gang members

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport Venezuelan nationals alleged to be members of the gang Tren de Aragua, marking the first court decision to endorse such use of the centuries-old wartime law.US district judge […]

House GOP Chairman demands unredacted files in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case

House GOP chairman demands unredacted files in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case (Picture credit: AP, X/@RepMarkGreen) House homeland security Chairman Mark Green is pressing Tennessee authorities to hand over unredacted video and reports tied to a 2022 traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, reported the New York Post.Garcia is a Salvadoran national wrongly deported to El […]

El Salvador President says he won’t return man mistakenly deported

President Donald Trump, right, meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Monday, April 14, 2025. President Trump met with President Bukele as the administration ramps up its use of a notorious Salvadoran prison for holding migrants deported by the U.S. (Eric Lee/The New […]

Was Maryland father deported by Trump a member of MS-13? Here is the truth about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia | World News

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 31, 2025. (Pool via AP) In a case that has triggered national controversy, the Trump administration admitted in court that it deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia — a Maryland father — to […]

US judge blocks Trump administration’s attempt to deport Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk accused of supporting Hamas

The Trump administration’s attempt to deport a Tufts University PhD student accused of supporting Hamas has been blocked by a federal judge.Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national pursuing her doctorate at Tufts, was arrested by ICE officers in Boston on Tuesday. The viral incident showed her visibly shocked as agents confiscated her phone dressed in plainclothes. […]