Deportation

• A Timeline of Key Events in the Trump Administration’s Pursuit of Abrego Garcia - In its parallel efforts to prosecute Mr. Abrego Garcia and to re-expel him from the country, the Justice Department has spent countless hours and untold sums of money pursuing a single immigrant.
• Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show - The release of the emails raised serious questions about whether the Justice Department had misled a judge in telling him that local prosecutors had acted alone in charging Mr. Abrego Garcia.
• Another Front in the Trump Immigration Crackdown: Import Warehouses - Workers at facilities that stock shipped goods say customs officers who inspect merchandise are helping immigration agents arrest migrants.
• Trump’s Second-Term Promises: What He’s Done So Far on Immigration, Trade, DEI and More - President Trump has driven illegal crossings at the border to record lows, helped bring about an uneasy cease-fire in Gaza and upended the global trading system.
• Venezuelans held in Salvadoran prison look to challenge deportation in US court - A group of Venezuelans who were sent to a maximum-security El Salvador prison from the US and then returned to Venezuela called on Friday for the United States to comply with a ruling that would allow them to challenge their deportation in
• Man Shot in ICE Confrontation in Maryland, Officials Say - Federal and local officials said the man, an immigrant from Portugal, tried to flee and harm agents. He and another man were hospitalized after a vehicle they were in crashed.
• ICE Sweeps Into Ohio, Stirring Fear Among Somalis and Other Immigrants - After Mayor Andrew Ginther of Columbus said that its policy prohibited local cooperation on immigration enforcement, Elon Musk called him a “traitor.”
• Judge Tells U.S. to Help Bring Back Deported Venezuelans or Allow Legal Challenges - The judge said the administration had to decide by Jan. 5 whether it wanted to “facilitate” the men’s return to the United States or let them contest their initial removals in the federal courts.
• ‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ - Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network’s decision to remove her reporting from Sunday’s edition of the show.
• Immigration Crackdown Creates Fault Lines Among Baptists - An increasingly loud contingent supports the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants.