Chicago Cancels Cinco de Mayo Parade Over Fears of ICE Deportations The Windy City has been the target of ICE’s ire since President Donald Trump took office. Reason · Apr 17, 2025
Trump’s gilded Oval Office was the perfect setting for his and Bukele’s grotesque spectacle The president’s penchant for the gaudy has been mocked but the menace beneath was clear when he met El Salvador’s leader The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2025
Trump’s counterterrorism czar says Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s supporters could be charged with ‘aiding and abetting’ Sebastian Gorka says critics are ‘on the side of the terrorists’ as administration attacks opponents of president’s deportation agenda The Independent UK · Apr 17, 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
Wife of Maryland Dad Deported By ICE Addresses Court Filing About Alleged Domestic Violence Jennifer Vasquez Sura acknowledge she filed a protective order against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in 2021 but said it was out of an abundance of caution and that they were on good terms before he was wrongly deported Latin Times · Apr 17, 2025
DOJ Docs Claim Kilmar Abrego Garcia's MS-13 Street Name Was 'Chele' As It Stands By His Deportation The DOJ released a series of documents to support its claim that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly to El Salvador, is a member of the MS-13 gang Latin Times · Apr 17, 2025
A madman president sinks even lower “A monster”: A madman president sinks even lower, as the GOP remains silent Salon · Apr 17, 2025
Did Democratic senator who tried to help man wrongly deported to El Salvador violate the Logan Act? Maryland Democrat accused of violating 18th century legislation by visiting Central American nation to lobby for release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025
The Trump Administration's Increasing Hostility to Basic Due Process Vice President J.D. Vance is only the latest to indicate he sees due process, as guaranteed in the Constitution, as an unnecessary impediment to the administration's goals. Reason · Apr 17, 2025
AP PHOTOS: A look at the huge prison in El Salvador linked to US deportations President Donald Trump’ s administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison, but is arguing against returning him to the United States because of his alleged gang ties and the U.S. government’s lack of power over the Central American nation. The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025
Trump live updates: President says Fed Chair Powell’s ‘termination cannot come fast enough’ after tariff comments President lashes out at Fed chair as European Central Bank moves to cut interest rates, saying he’s ‘always too late and wrong’ The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025
El Salvador president vows to double size of prison holding US deportees Donald Trump urged that the prison, which can hold up to 40,000 inmates, be expanded after he threatened to send American citizens who have broken the law The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025
Federal Judge in Deportation Case Finds Probable Cause To Hold the Trump Administration in Contempt U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the evidence indicates that the government "willfully disobeyed" his order blocking removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Reason · Apr 17, 2025
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
International Business Times · Apr 17, 2025 El Salvador Becoming 'Black Hole' For US Deportees, Critics Fear Rights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison is becoming a "black hole" for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no legal consequences.
Euronews · Apr 17, 2025 'Probable cause' to hold Trump administration in contempt over El Salvador deportations Judge Boasberg accused administration officials of rushing deportees out of the country under the Alien Enemies Act last month before they could challenge their removal in court.
Salon · Apr 16, 2025 Van Hollen demands Abrego Garcia release In a press conference in El Salvador, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen demanded that Abrego Garcia be freed
The Conversation · Apr 16, 2025 Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation of more than 100 immigrants to a prison in El Salvador intensified on April 16, 2025. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg released an opinion saying that he had “probable cause” to hold members of the administration in…
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025 White House enlists grieving Maryland mother in effort to blunt criticism for defying court order on mistaken deportation Rachel Morin’s mother appeared in the White House briefing room to give an emotional account of her daughter’s brutal murder, as the Trump administration tries to change the narrative surrounding its deportation policies
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025 What happens next after judge warns of possible contempt prosecution over deportation flights order A federal judge’s ruling that the Trump administration appears to have willfully violated his order to turn around planes of migrants headed for El Salvador increases the prospect of officials being held in criminal contempt of court and potentially facing possible prosecution
Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025 Trump Officials Face Criminal Contempt for 'Willful Disobedience' After Judge Orders Flights to El Salvador Halted The Trump administration has until April 23 to reveal how many undocumented Americans were deported to El Salvador, when they were transferred out of U.S. custody, and whether they were all deported pursuant to the Proclamation.
Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025 El Salvadoran VP Reveals Trump Is 'Paying' to Keep Abrego Garcia at CECOT, Senator Says Sen. Van Hollen revealed that El Salvador's VP claimed the Trump administration is paying to keep a wrongly deported Maryland resident imprisoned.
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025 El Salvador refuses to let Democratic senator visit or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘We have an unjust situation here’ Chris Van Hollen was denied a meeting with the wrongfully deported Salvadoran man imprisoned inside a notorious jail
The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 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