HISTORICAL FACTS: 21 | History Defined

Karoline Leavitt insists White House ‘did not make a mistake’ in deportation case - despite what their lawyers say

‘We have always maintained this was an individual who needed to be deported from our country,’ Karoline Leavitt says

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025

House Democrats land in El Salvador to push for return of Kilmar Ábrego García

Four representatives join effort to challenge the Trump administration’s refusal to facilitate the immigrant’s release

The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 2025

Rift Among Democrats Widens as Some Question Whether Challenging Trump's Deportations Are Worth the Political Risk

The debate is unfolding as figures like AOC and Bernie Sanders are pushing for a more combative stance and fundraising numbers suggest a hunger for bold opposition to Trump

Latin Times · Apr 21, 2025

Van Hollen accuses Trump of causing constitutional crisis by litigating Abrego Garcia case on social media

Democratic senator also slammed Gavin Newsom for calling deportation case ‘distraction of the day’

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2025

Senator says trip to El Salvador was to support Kilmar Ábrego García’s due process

Chris Van Hollen says ‘if we deny constitutional rights of this one man, it threatens the constitutional rights of everyone’

The Guardian - US · Apr 20, 2025

‘I just ask God that he’s OK’: family of Venezuelan musician sent to El Salvador prison agonizes over his fate

Arturo Suárez Trejo was caught up in Trump’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina and sent to a notorious Salvadorian prison

The Guardian - US · Apr 20, 2025

SCOTUS pauses deportations of migrants

The Trump administration had tried to use a wartime law to deport another group to El Salvador

Salon · Apr 19, 2025

The grassroots fight for Abrego Garcia

"We have not lost faith in any way that he will be returned," Maryland activist Cathryn Jackson told Salon

Salon · Apr 19, 2025

US Supreme Court orders temporary halt to deportations under antique law

Block on removal of migrants sets up possibility of another challenge by Trump administration to power of the courts.

Al Jazeera · Apr 19, 2025

Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started

Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking out, says journalist Jordana Timerman

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2025