Deportation

US Supreme Court allows Trump to continue deportation policy after judge labels it unlawful

The court has a 6-3 conservative majority. Its three liberal justices dissented from the decision to let the deportations immediately resume pending the final outcome of the litigation.

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2025
Activists hold an emergency protest a day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a man from Venezuela who, according to his lawyer, was working as a DoorDash driver, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, US, September 21, 2026.

Man shot by ICE in Austin says he is held in detention with bullet in his back

Endalkew Yemani Tesma, shown here in Jerusalem on Aug. 14, 2023, faces the possibility of deportation.

Ethiopian asylum seekers in Israel face deportation after years without permanent status

An immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent raises a finger moments after detaining a man during an immigration raid, on Sunday in Minneapolis.

US Army sergeant's wife deported to Honduras as Trump continues immigration crackdown


California gov. calls Trump National Guard deployment in LA unlawful, police making more arrests

National Guard troops guarded federal government buildings, as police and protesters clashed in separate demonstrations over federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.

 Police clear demonstrators after they blocked a street with a barricade during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US June 8, 2025.

Afghans in US feel betrayed as Trump ends deportation protection

After fleeing the Taliban, public prosecutor Roya now fears deportation as the Trump administration ends TPS for Afghans. Advocates warn the move endangers thousands who supported the US.

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., March 29, 2019

Tufts student returns to Massachusetts after release from immigration custody

"America is the greatest democracy in the world," Rumeysa Ozturk said. "I have faith in the American system of justice."

Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, of Turkey, speaks at a press conference at Boston Logan International Airport after she was released on a judge's order after spending over six weeks in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, in Boston, Massachusetts, May 10, 2025.

US may soon deport migrants to Libya on military flight, sources say

Libya's Government of National Unity has said it rejected the use of Libyan territory as a destination for deporting migrants without its knowledge or consent.

 Venezuelan migrants arrive after being deported from the United States, at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela April 23, 2025.

US offers $1,000 stipend to encourage migrants to self-deport

In March, the administration launched a rebranded app called CBP Home to facilitate self-deportation.

 Migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico, in El Paso

Trump administration to restore foreign students' legal status, for now

Since Trump took office on January 20, records for more than 4,700 students have been removed from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement -maintained database.

Demonstrators attend a protest in support of Mahmoud Khalil outside the court in Newark, New Jersey on March 28, 2025

US officials arrest Milwaukee judge for obstructing immigration operation

In a criminal complaint, the US Justice Department said Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, refused to turn over the man after immigration agents showed up to arrest him i

Hannah Dugan speaks as she was seeking election to Milwaukee County Circuit Court during a forum at the Milwaukee Bar Association in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., March 15, 2016.

State Department says Trump admin. has no grounds to deport Tufts Uni. student

After being arrested by masked ICE agents, the State Department ruled that the Trump administration had no grounds to deport Turkish Tufts University student.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts, poses in an undated photograph provided by her family and obtained by Reuters on March 29, 2025

Berlin court pauses deportation of pro-Palestine activist pending conviction

The court also refrained from ruling on the permissibility of the slogan " From the river to the sea," commonly used at pro-Palestine protests. 

 Demonstrators hold banners as they take part in a May Day protest in Berlin, Germany, May 1, 2024. The banners read: "Freedom for Palestine" and "Long live the revolutionary first of May. Expropriate corporations, disarm warmongers, smash capitalism".

US immigration judge allows deportation case against Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil to proceed

This comes after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Khalil's “otherwise lawful” views conflict with the Trump administration's policy on antisemitism.

Demonstrators attend a protest in support of Mahmoud Khalil outside the court in Newark, New Jersey on March 28, 2025