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The White House issued a memo directing top justice officials to investigate apparent misconduct by lawyers and others seeking litigation against the federal government or pursuing alleged "baseless partisan attacks." CBS News' Natalie Brand reports.
Migrants, some with help from smugglers found on TikTok, are crossing the U.S.-Canada border. A Sinaloa cartel member says President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown will not stop the smuggling.
At the northern border, migrants are crossing from Canada into the U.S. with the help of human smugglers who openly promote their services on popular social media platforms.
The American system of check and balances is being tested as the federal courts grapple with a tidal wave of cases against the Trump administration's sweeping executive actions. We're also seeing calls for a judge's impeachment, and the labeling of court orders as illegal when cases don't go the administration's way. Jeffrey Rosen, president of the National Constitution Center, joins to discuss.
The court asked the government if "someone is not a member of Tren de Aragua or not a Venezuelan citizen or a U.S. citizen," how do they challenge their removal?
The Trump administration plans to revoke the legal status of potentially more than half-a-million immigrants currently living in the U.S. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has analysis.
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests on campus, was arrested earlier this month by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a State Department order to revoke his green card. His wife, Noor Abdalla, is opening up about the arrest. Elaine Quijano has more.
The Trump administration appeared in court again on Friday, defending its decision to deport hundreds of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador's mega-prison. On Saturday, President Trump cited a centuries-old law called the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants with alleged ties to the gang Tren de Aragua. A judge temporarily paused the flights and verbally told the administration to turn the planes around, which didn't happen. CBS News Department of Justice reporter Jake Rosen breaks it all down and has the latest updates.
Sudan's military said it recaptured the country's presidential palace from the rival Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. While this marks a major symbolic victory for the military, it does not necessarily mean the country's two-year civil war is close to an end. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd has more on this, immigration services and Ukraine peace talks.
President Trump was asked how he could guarantee that everyone deported to El Salvador is a dangerous criminal on Friday. He said the migrants went through a "very strong vetting process." Meanwhile, the Trump administration plans to revoke the legal status for hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants in April. CBS News Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
The judge who temporarily blocked the Trump administration's deportation flights to El Salvador held a contentious hearing Friday, grilling Justice Department lawyers on what they knew about the flight and why they seemingly ignored his order to turn them around. Plus, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Air Force's newest aircraft. CBS News' Jake Rosen and Charlie D'Agata have the latest.
Venezuela's interior minister, Diosdado Cabello Rondón, called the U.S. deportation flights to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison the "establishment of a concentration camp." This comes as more details emerge about those deported by the Trump administration. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
A judge is still awaiting more details from the Department of Justice on the flights to El Salvador carrying migrants deported from the U.S. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane previews the legal proceedings.
CBS News has obtained a list with the names of those deported to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison. Immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
President Trump commented on the new fighter jets being built by Boeing and provided more details on the deportation flights to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison. Mr. Trump also commented on reports about Elon Musk's meeting at the Pentagon. CBS News' Aaron Navarro and Ellee Watson have more.
The federal judge awaiting more details on the mass deportation flights to El Salvador wants to know why the Justice Department invoked state secrets privilege to evade the request. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman breaks down the latest in the case.
CBS News has obtained the names of the Venezuelan men deported in flights to El Salvador last weekend. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
Another deadline for the Department of Justice to provide a federal judge with information about last weekend's deportation flights has come and gone. The flights carried hundreds of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador with the Trump administration invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport 137 of them. But a federal court judge says the flights violated a temporary restraining order. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
Judge James Boasberg asked the Justice Department to provide more details on the Trump administration's deportation flights to El Salvador by noon Thursday. The agency did submit a court filing, but it was after the deadline and the judge says much of the information in that filing was already known and called it "woefully insufficient." CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has more.
CBS News has obtained the names of 238 Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador and imprisoned. The White House insists they were all members of a Venezuelan gang, but that is in dispute. Nancy Cordes has more.
CBS News has obtained a list of the 238 Venezuelan men the Trump administration recently deported to El Salvador. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.
A Virginia judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting a Georgetown University researcher. Earlier this week, immigration authorities detained Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral associate at Georgetown University. CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga reports.
A federal judge Thursday afternoon said the federal government "evaded its obligations" to answer his questions over deportation flights to El Salvador this weekend. Tom Dupree, former deputy assistant attorney general, and Jessica Levinson, CBS News legal contributor, join "America Decides" with analysis.
After the Department of Justice missed a Thursday filing deadline about details sought by a federal judge on the Trump administration's deportation flights to El Salvador, the judge called the department's response "woefully insufficient." CBS News' Scott MacFarlane and Jennifer Jacobs have the latest.
In February, at a routine ICE check-in in Texas, Franco José Caraballo Tiapa was unexpectedly detained, and on Saturday, his wife lost contact with him.
