How Texas, New York rulings impact 1798 act
Federal judges in New York and Texas have temporarily blocked the deportation of several Venezuelan migrants. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
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Federal judges in New York and Texas have temporarily blocked the deportation of several Venezuelan migrants. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
Federal judge James Boasberg canceled a Tuesday hearing on the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act following the Supreme Court's ruling that the law can be used to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. Boasberg had been mulling contempt proceedings against the government over a lack of information in the case. CBS News Justice Department reporter Jake Rosen reports.
The Trump administration and lawyers for a Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador filed Supreme Court briefs in the fight to have him returned. It comes as the court gives the go-ahead for deporting alleged gang members under a 1798 wartime law. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge's order that blocked the Trump administration from using a centuries-old wartime law called the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants to El Salvador. CBS News Department of Justice reporter Jake Rosen has the details.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts halted a deadline Monday for the federal government to return to the U.S. a Maryland father mistakenly deported to El Salvador. CBS News Department of Justice reporter Jake Rosen has the latest.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily blocked a ruling requiring the Trump administration to return a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Silvia Foster-Frau, national investigative reporter for The Washington Post, joins "America Decides" to discuss.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily halted an order mandating the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to block an order to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly arrested and deported to an El Salvador prison last month. CBS News' Jake Rosen has more on that and other legal cases.
A federal judge has given the Trump administration until the end of Monday to bring a Maryland man back to the U.S. after mistakenly deporting him to El Salvador. CBS News Department of Justice reporter Jake Rosen has more details.
Government lawyers say a federal judge has no control over Kilmar Abrego Garcia and no authority to arrange for his return.
A federal judge is giving the Trump administration until 11:59 p.m. Monday to bring home a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Shanelle Kaul has the latest.
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
The U.S. sent 238 Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran mega-prison. The Trump administration says they're all gang members, but 60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of them.
Philip Holsinger photographed Venezuelan deportees from the U.S., most with no apparent criminal record, as they became inmates in a notorious prison in El Salvador. Photograph by Philip Holsinger.
DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni made multiple critical comments of his agency in court during a hearing over the mistaken deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador.
A federal judge ruled Friday that a Maryland man mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador and sent to prison there last month must be returned to the U.S. by April 7. CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
A federal judge on Friday ordered the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. CBS News Department of Justice reporter Jake Rosen has the details.
Attorneys for the Justice Department were back in court on Thursday for a hearing over whether the Trump administration violated a federal judge's order when it deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador last month using a wartime law. CBS News Department of Justice reporter Jake Rosen has the details.
A controversial prison in El Salvador, commonly known as CECOT, is gaining renewed attention in the U.S. after the Trump administration deported hundreds of migrants there. A new documentary provides an inside look at the facility holding criminals, terrorists and potentially innocent people. Filmmaker Ruhi Çenet joins "America Decides" to discuss what he saw.
The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, says he's not a criminal and she's "scared for his life."
Top ICE official calls removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on deportation flight that sent him to a supermax prison in El Salvador an "administrative error."
CBS News has obtained an internal government list of the names of the Venezuelans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated Americans in El Salvador's prisons.
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The Trump administration has been quietly deporting migrants from Mexico to Central America, despite the Mexican government's willingness to accept the return of all its citizens.
GOP Sen. Ashley Moody and Democratic State Rep. Angie Nixon will face off in November after winning their primaries for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, the Associated Press projects.
Rep. Byron Donalds won the Republican primary for governor and former Rep. David Jolly won the Democratic primary, The Associated Press projects.
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GOP Sen. Ashley Moody and Democratic State Rep. Angie Nixon will face off in November after winning their primaries for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, the Associated Press projects.
Rep. Byron Donalds won the Republican primary for governor and former Rep. David Jolly won the Democratic primary, The Associated Press projects.
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"Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas," ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons said in a statement.
Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach, made the 911 call that brought first responders to the apartment where Hayden Panettiere was found unresponsive.
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