Appeals court to consider legality of Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act to carry out deportations – CBS News Watch CBS News The Fifth Circuit Court of Federal Appeals is hearing arguments Monday over the legality of the Trump administration invoking the 18th-century law known as the Alien Enemies Act in an effort to deport … Read more
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers concerned that he could be deported again – CBS News Watch CBS News Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are fighting to keep him in federal custody amid concerns the U.S. could deport him again. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Be the first to know Get browser … Read more
Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in jail for now – CBS News Watch CBS News Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongfully deported by the Trump administration, will remain in jail for now as he faces federal charges following his return from El Salvador. CBS News’ Nicole Valdes reports. Be the first to know Get … Read more
Los Angeles — Outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, a 26-year-old man stood waiting, hoping to deliver blood pressure medicine to his father, who was detained last Thursday by federal immigration officials. The man, who asked that CBS News not use his name, said his father, Rafael Hurtado, needs to … Read more
Los Angeles — As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stepped up raids across Los Angeles in recent weeks, Julie Ear and her family made a difficult drive to Tijuana International Airport just south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Ear’s mother, Regina Higuera, had lived in the United States for 36 years. But on this particular morning … Read more
An ousted Justice Department attorney told Congress that senior department officials, including a former acting deputy attorney general, discussed defying federal court orders and withholding information from judges to advance the Trump administration’s immigration priorities, according to a whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday. The attorney, Erez Reuveni, a veteran of over 14 years at the department … Read more
Johannesburg, South Africa — At the invitation of Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshekedi, the Trump administration was brought in to lead negotiations to end the war raging in the east of the country between DRC forces and rebels believed to be backed by Rwanda. A peace deal was initialed Wednesday evening by officials from … Read more