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  • Trump Administration Resumes $1.8 Million Civil Penalty Notices To Migrants With Removal Orders

    In a move sparking legal and humanitarian controversy, the Trump administration has resumed issuing civil penalty notices of up to $1.8 million to migrants who remain in the United States despite having received a final order of removal. The notices, based on dormant provisions of federal immigration law, are now being mailed to individuals with…

  • Trump Administration Deports Migrants Held In Djibouti To South Sudan After Judge Denies Emergency Block

    In a legally and morally charged decision, the Trump administration deported eight foreign nationals held in Djibouti to South Sudan last Friday evening, despite their lawyers’ warnings that the men face a high risk of torture or death in the war-torn African nation. The move came just hours after U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy…

  • Asylum Claims For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Migrants In The U.S. Could Soon Be Dismissed

    The Trump administration is advancing a sweeping new immigration enforcement measure that could result in the dismissal of asylum applications for potentially hundreds of thousands of migrants already residing in the United States. According to sources familiar with the plan and internal memos reviewed by CNN, the controversial proposal would make those asylum seekers—many of…

  • Trump’s Policy Targeting International Students’ Legal Status Blocked

    A federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction halting the Trump administration’s attempts to terminate the legal status of thousands of international students studying and working in the United States. The ruling, handed down Thursday, May, 22, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California, found that the administration’s actions…

  • DOJ Suspends Senior Attorney Erez Reuveni Over Admission in Wrongful Deportation Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has suspended senior immigration attorney Erez Reuveni following his courtroom admission that the government unlawfully deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national protected from removal under a final immigration order. The rare public suspension comes amid intense legal scrutiny over the DOJ’s handling of the case, which a…

  • Legal Experts Question Feasibility of Trump’s Mass Deportation Pledge

    Donald Trump’s vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants if re-elected has reignited a legal and logistical debate over the practicality and legality of such a sweeping enforcement action. Despite promises to target up to a million individuals as a starting point, legal experts and policy analysts warn that the challenges associated with mass deportations…