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Mentally ill, detained and alone. Trump budget cuts forces immigrants to fight in solitude
.The message came over a jail video call between an attorney and her client locked away in immigration detention. In an echoey windowless room she said: "I’m sorry, I can’t be your lawyer anymore." Sophie Woodruff had to tell him twice. Her client...

Pakistan passport rises to 100th; visa-free travel now possible to 32 countries
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani passport holders can now travel visa-free or get visa on arrival in 32 countries, following a rise in Pakistan’s passport ranking in the 2025 Henley Passport Index. This marks a notable improvement from the 113th position...

Washington immigrant in limbo amid challenge to Trump’s ‘third country’ deportations
SEATTLE – The family of a man who grew up in Tacoma and has become one of the faces of President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport immigrants to countries where they have no ties is urging Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson to intervene. Tuan Thanh Phan,...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Trump Is Attacking “Every Part of the Legal Immigration System”
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. As we turn now to the continuing crackdown on immigrants by the Trump administration. Just this week,...

Washington state immigrant in limbo amid challenge to Trump’s ‘third country’ deportations
Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS) The family of a man who grew up in Tacoma and has become one of the faces of President Donald Trump's efforts to deport immigrants to countries where they have no ties is urging Gov. Bob Ferguson...

WA immigrant in limbo amid challenge to Trump’s ‘third country’ deportations
SEATTLE — The family of a man who grew up in Tacoma and has become one of the faces of President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport immigrants to countries where they have no ties is urging Gov. Bob Ferguson to intervene. Tuan Thanh Phan, a...

Catholic immigration advocate decries high court ruling allowing third-country deportations
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A leading Catholic immigration expert expressed outrage over the Supreme Court’s June 23 ruling allowing the Trump administration to remove immigrants who lack legal authorization to live and work in the U.S., to countries...

Trump administration could deport immigrants to 58 other countries after Supreme Court opened door for swift removals
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Cuban delegation strengthens education ties with Djibouti
Upon arrival at Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport, the Cuban delegation was received by Mohamed Abdallah Mahyoub, Secretary General of Djibouti’s Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, and Havana’s Ambassador to this nation,...

Supreme Court Will Allow Trump to Transfer Immigrants to Third Countries, At Least for Now
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed President Trump to resume the hasty transfer of immigrants to third countries, lifting a lower court order that ruled immigrants have the right to challenge their removal. The case stems from the...

The Supreme Court Just Cosigned One of Trump’s Most Lawless Immigration Moves
Deporting people to countries where they might be tortured or killed? All good, according to the six GOP justices. Ad Policy US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents knock on the door of a residence in Chicago on Sunday, January 26,...

Here’s What’s Happening to the People ICE Arrests in Immigration Court
Beyond the Border brings you human stories about the U.S. immigration system through original reporting from journalist Kate Morrissey and curated highlights from reporters across the country. The newsletter is supported by Capital & Main. In a...

‘Fire up the deportation planes’: Supreme Court backs Trump immigration push
The White House achieved another late victory in its immigration enforcement efforts when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in its favor on Monday. Six of the high court justices barred an injunction previously put in place by a Massachusetts court...

U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump to transfer immigrants to third countries
Washington, June 24 (RHC)-- In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed President Trump to resume the hasty transfer of immigrants to third countries, lifting a lower court order that ruled immigrants have the right to challenge their...

Trump administration accuses district judge of defying Supreme Court in case of migrants held in Djibouti
(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow it to immediately deport a group of migrants currently being held on a US military base in Djibouti to South Sudan, saying the judge handling the case...

Trump administration accuses judge of 'unprecedented defiance' of Supreme Court in immigration dispute
WASHINGTON — A fight over the fate of a group of migrants the Trump administration wants to deport to South Sudan flared up again on Tuesday as the Justice Department accused a federal judge of "unprecedented defiance" of a Supreme Court decision...

Supreme Court rules Trump can rapidly deport immigrants to Libya, South Sudan and other countries they aren’t from
For the past several months, the Trump administration has been trying to deport immigrants to countries they are not from – despite an April 2025 federal ruling that had blocked the White House from doing so. A divided Supreme Court decided on...

Supreme Court backs Trump in immigration victory, allows third-country deportations
In a major win for the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, the Supreme Court on Monday authorized the deportation of certain illegal immigrations to “third countries,” overturning a lower-court injunction that had halted the removals. “With...

Boston judge defies SCOTUS order, says Trump admin barred from deporting illegal immigrant criminals to third-party countries
Judge Brian E Murphy said his May 21, 2025 order "remains in full force and effect, notwithstanding today’s stay of the Preliminary Injunction." A federal judge in Massachusetts has issued an order defying the Supreme Court, stating that an...
Supreme Court order threatens “thousands” of immigrants with risk of torture and death
President Trump and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who spearheads the anti-immigrant witch-hunt. [AP Photo/Paul Sancya]In a decision Monday that rubber-stamps the Trump administration’s brutal anti-immigrant agenda, the US...