The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges based in New York City on Monday, an official at the National Association of Immigration Judges said. All eight judges worked out of immigration court offices at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, which is where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is headquartered in the city, the
The Justice Department will seek to dismiss a lawsuit that former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey brought against it, arguing she didn’t properly follow administrative complaint procedures before suing. The government laid out its argument in court papers filed Monday prior to a Thursday hearing in Manhattan federal court. Comey, a former federal prosecutor in New
President Trump said Tuesday his administration could attack accused drug traffickers who traverse Latin America by land “very soon,” which would mark an escalation in the U.S. military’s campaign of lethal strikes on alleged drug boats. “We’re going to start doing those strikes on land, too,” Mr. Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting when
A former Honduran president convicted of helping to smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the United States has left prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed his release in a statement to the Associated Press. Juan Orlando Hernandez was released from a federal prison in West Virginia on Monday
U.S.-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Trump’s assertion that the airspace of the South American country should be considered closed. The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday announced that the twice-weekly flights will go on following a request from the Trump administration. That reverses a Venezuelan government Saturday announcement indicating that U.S.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been directed by the Trump administration to target undocumented Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities, a person familiar with the planning confirmed. A U.S. official says ICE is planning to surge resources to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area to launch immigration enforcement operations there targeting individuals with deportation orders. The
Washington — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on Tuesday followed through on a monthslong threat to try to force a vote on a bipartisan bill that would ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks. Luna, a Florida Republican, introduced a discharge petition to circumvent House leaders and put the measure on the floor for a