Denied, detained, deported: the faces of Trump’s immigration crackdown The administration has torn up the rulebook as it seeks to implement a hardline agenda to expel people from the US The Guardian - US · Apr 18, 2025
First Thing: IRS reportedly weighs revoking Harvard’s tax-exempt status Probably illegal move is latest Trump attack on higher education. Plus: the rancher’s dog who led a two-year-old to safety The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025
US senator says margaritas in photo with wrongly deported man planted by El Salvador – as it happened Chris Van Hollen of Maryland says drinks placed on table created hoax and neither he nor Kilmar Ábrego García touched them The Guardian - US · Apr 18, 2025
Cory Booker to visit El Salvador in effort to return wrongly deported man to US Democrats press Trump administration to follow supreme court order to bring back Kilmar Ábrego García The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2025
Kilmar Ábrego García’s wife rejects Trump officials’ depictions of him as ‘violent’ Jennifer Vasquez Sura criticizes DHS’s attempt to smear her wrongly deported husband over 2021 civil protective order The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2025
First Thing: Postmortems of rescue workers killed by Israeli troops in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’ The killings of paramedics and rescuers last month led to international outcry. Plus, police use stun guns on two people at Marjorie Taylor Greene event The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2025
Court denies Trump administration’s appeal against order to ‘facilitate’ return of man wrongly deported from US – as it happened Fourth circuit court rejects appeal saying it ‘shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge’ who is interpreting supreme court decision The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2025
Trump news at a glance: US senator blocked on El Salvador visit; Fed warns on tariffs Democrat Chris Van Hollen says El Salvador refused his request to visit Kilmar Ábrego García; judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt – key US politics stories from Wednesday 16 April at a glance The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2025
US senator says El Salvador denied request to meet Kilmar Ábrego García Chris Van Hollen condemns ‘unjust situation’ and says vice-president blocked access to wrongly deported man The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 2025
Who is Kilmar Ábrego García, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador? Illegal deportation of Maryland man has become a flashpoint as Trump tests limits of his executive power The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 2025
Trump news at a glance: judge scolds officials over El Salvador deportation; Harvard holds firm Judge considers whether officials are in contempt of court in deportation case; Obama backs Harvard in funding face-off – key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glance The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 2025
Democratic senator heads to El Salvador to try to visit Kilmar Ábrego García Chris Van Hollen warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ and says he hopes to report back to family on Maryland man’s condition The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 2025
Judge rebukes Trump officials for not securing return of wrongly deported man Administration will have to share under oath how it’s trying to get Kilmar Ábrego García back to US, says district judge The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2025
Trump news at a glance: Bukele and president’s aides step up resistance to freeing wrongly deported man El Salvador president says it is ‘preposterous’ to send Kilmar Abrego García back to US as Trump aides list various reasons to be defiant – key US politics stories from Monday 14 April at a glance The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2025
The Guardian - US · Apr 14, 2025 The Trump administration trapped a wrongly deported man in a catch-22 The US says it can’t aid in his return as he’s in El Salvador; El Salvador says to help would be like ‘smuggling’ him back
The Guardian - US · Apr 14, 2025 El Salvador president refuses to return wrongly deported man with US protected status Trump officials claim they’re not legally bound to bring Kilmar Ábrego García back despite supreme court ruling
The Guardian - US · Apr 13, 2025 Trump is already skirting due process. Now he’s musing about deporting citizens Amid a series of sadistic expulsions, the White House says Trump has reflected kicking Americans out of the country
The Guardian - US · Apr 12, 2025 Trump lawyers confirm wrongly deported Maryland man in El Salvador prison Administration fails to show they have taken any steps to facilitate the return of Kilmar Ábrego García
The Conversation · Apr 11, 2025 What the Supreme Court’s ruling on man wrongly deported to El Salvador says about presidential authority and the rule of law The Supreme Court on April 10, 2025, unanimously upheld the lower court order directing the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.