Deportation

The Inauguration Of Donald J. Trump As The 47th President

National

Courts push back, wars heat up and 3 more takeaways from Trump's moves this week

5:00am March 21, 2025

Here are five takeaways from a week when President Trump moved ahead with deportations and sweeping changes to the federal government — and ran into obstacles in the courts.

New Court Ringmaster To Oversee Trump Grand Juries In Washington

National

4 things to know about Judge Boasberg as he battles Trump over deportation flights

3:12pm March 18, 2025

Judge Boasberg's role overseeing a new case that challenges the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador has cast an even brighter light on the longtime judge.

4 things to know about the Alien Enemies Act and Trump's efforts to use it

10:58am March 18, 2025

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua members, provoking a legal fight. Here's what to know about the controversial law, which was last used during World War II.

Panama sends 97 U.S. deportees to migrant camp after they refused to be repatriated

1:09am February 20, 2025

The migrants refused to be repatriated to their countries. They will be held in a migration facility near the Darien Gap along the Colombian border until third countries can be found to take them.

Crossings At The US Mexico Border Remain Low As Trump's Second Inauguration Nears

National

Trump signs sweeping actions on immigration and border security on Day 1

5:15am January 20, 2025

Trump campaigned on border security promises, and he and his allies argue that his electoral win is an endorsement of his upcoming actions on the issue.

A boy looks through a border wall separating Mexico from the United States

Politics & Government

Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump's mass deportation effort

7:34am December 10, 2024

by David A. Lieb, Associated Press

As President-elect Donald Trump assembles his administration, Republican governors and lawmakers in some states are already rolling out proposals that could help him carry out his pledge to deport millions of people living in the U.S. illegally.

National

Trump touts historic deportation plans, but his own record reveals big obstacles

3:40pm August 14, 2024

Former President Donald Trump and his allies promise a historic deportation effort if he's reelected. But internal documents from his time in office show how difficult that would be to execute.

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In this file photo, migrants board a plane in Harlingen, Texas, on October 18, 2023 for deportation to Venezuela.

Biden is tweaking an asylum rule to speed up deportation for some migrants

5:35pm May 08, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden had said he wanted the power to effectively "shut down the border" when migration numbers surge. But this rule is an incremental shift.

Afghan families ride on a truck heading to a border crossing in Torkham, Pakistan, Tuesday, before the expiration of a Pakistani deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. Pakistan's crackdown has worried thousands of Afghans in the country awaiting relocation to the United States under a special refugee program since fleeing the Taliban takeover.

World News

In a new expulsion campaign, Pakistan is forcing many Afghans out of the country

10:34am October 31, 2023

by The Associated Press

Pakistan has drawn criticism for warning those living in the country illegally to leave or be arrested and deported after Oct. 31. The U.N. says over 2 million undocumented Afghans live in Pakistan.

Claudio Rojas, who was deported from the U.S. in 2019, is silhouetted against a curtained window of his home in Moreno, Argentina, on May 8, 2021. He was able to return to the U.S. in August.

National

An immigrant activist says ICE deported him in retaliation. Now he's back in the U.S.

10:40am December 15, 2021

by Joel Rose

The Biden administration has allowed several prominent immigrants' rights activists back into the U.S. after they charged that immigration authorities were retaliating against them for speaking out.

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