5 Takeaways: Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Migrants to El Salvador
Internal documents and interviews with people familiar with the operation reveal how the White House seized on a wartime law to accelerate immigrant deportations.
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In 2nd Term, Trump Pushes Bounds of Presidential Power, Testing Rule of Law
The United States has never seen an effort to expand presidential authority at the scale of Donald J. Trump’s second term.
Trump Says He Could Free Abrego Garcia From El Salvador, but Won’t
Trump’s comments undermined previous statements by his top aides and were a blunt sign of his administration’s intention to double down and defy the courts.
Van Hollen Appeals to Trump to Return Deported Abrego Garcia From El Salvador
The Maryland Democrat accused the president of “gross violations of the Constitution and due process rights” and demanded the return of an immigrant and Maryland resident imprisoned in El Salvador.
Texas Judge Unseals ICE Document Detailing Deportation Notices: an English Form and at Least 12 Hours
A declaration by an ICE official says an English-language form was “read and explained” to the detainees and that they had “no less than 12 hours” to express the intent to challenge their deportations.
Judge Orders Administration to Seek Return of Another Deported Migrant
The case, involving a 20-year-old Venezuelan, comes on the heels of another legal battle over the fate of a different man wrongfully sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration.
Trump Says He’s Powerless to Return Deported Migrant. But He’s Done So Before.
President Trump says he is powerless to retrieve a man who was deported because of an administrative error. But he has done so before.
Trump Grows Increasingly Combative in Showdowns With the Courts
Scholars say that the Trump administration is now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders, a path with an uncertain end.
Another Lawsuit, This Time in Colorado, Over Trump’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act
The president’s efforts to invoke a wartime statute to deport scores of Venezuelan immigrants have set off one of the most contentious legal battles of his second term.
Trump to Meet President of El Salvador, Where Deportees Face Prison
Mr. Trump has found in President Nayib Bukele a willing partner in a plan to step up the removal of migrants from the United States with little or no due process.