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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
California Dem blasts FCC's delay of multilingual disaster alerts
California Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D) on Monday blasted the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over a delay in multilingual disaster alerts. At the beginning of the year, the FCC pledged to implement an order requiring wireless providers to distribute emergency alters in the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the U.S. in addition to English and American Sign Language. However, four months later, citizens are still not receiving translations for critical alerts highlighting natural disasters. 'This delay is not only indefensible but dangerous,' Barragán, former chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, co-wrote in a letter to FCC Chair Brendan Carr alongside Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), according to the LA Times. 'It directly jeopardizes the ability of our communities to receive life-saving emergency information in the language they understand best,' the duo added. Two dozen members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus signed on to the correspondence. Barragán said the unresolved issue is impacting 68 million Americans who use languages other than English — including her constituents who were recently impacted by the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year. The FCC has yet to publish the order providing guidance on translation requirements in the Federal Register, which would launch a 30-month timeline for compliance. Barragán told the LA Times that President Trump's regulatory freeze prohibited all federal agencies, including the FCC, from publishing any rule in the Federal Register until Trump administration officials provide approval. 'It's all politics,' she told the outlet. 'We don't know why it's stuck there and why the administration hasn't moved forward, but it seems, like, with everything these days, they're waiting on the president's green light.' The standstill comes after Trump issued an executive order in March declaring English as the country's official language. Weeks later, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced plans to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the federal agency that responds to natural disasters nationwide. 'President Trump and many members of his administration have made clear they plan to go on the attack against immigrants,' Manjusha Kulkarni, executive director of AAPI Equity Alliance, a Los Angeles based advocacy organization, told the LA Times. 'If this makes the lives of immigrants easier, then they will stand in its way,' Kulkarni added. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
27-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
California Dem blasts FCC's delay of multilingual disaster alerts
California Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D) on Monday blasted the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over a delay in multilingual disaster alerts. At the beginning of the year, the FCC pledged to implement an order requiring wireless providers to distribute emergency alters in the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the U.S. in addition to English and American Sign Language. However, four months later, citizens are still not receiving translations for critical alerts highlighting natural disasters. 'This delay is not only indefensible but dangerous,' Barragán, former chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, co-wrote in a letter to FCC Chair Brendan Carr alongside Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), according to the LA Times. 'It directly jeopardizes the ability of our communities to receive life-saving emergency information in the language they understand best,' the duo added. Two dozen members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus signed on to the correspondence. Barragán said the unresolved issue is impacting 68 million Americans who use languages other than English — including her constituents who were recently impacted by the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year. The FCC has yet to publish the order providing guidance on translation requirements in the Federal Register, which would launch a 30-month timeline for compliance. Barragán told the LA Times that President Trump's regulatory freeze prohibited all federal agencies, including the FCC, from publishing any rule in the Federal Register until Trump administration officials provide approval. 'It's all politics,' she told the outlet. 'We don't know why it's stuck there and why the administration hasn't moved forward, but it seems, like, with everything these days, they're waiting on the president's green light.' The standstill comes after Trump issued an executive order in March declaring English as the country's official language. Weeks later, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced plans to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the federal agency that responds to natural disasters nationwide. 'President Trump and many members of his administration have made clear they plan to go on the attack against immigrants,' Manjusha Kulkarni, executive director of AAPI Equity Alliance, a Los Angeles based advocacy organization, told the LA Times. 'If this makes the lives of immigrants easier, then they will stand in its way,' Kulkarni added.
Newsweek
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Donald Trump Hit by Legal Blow Over Deportation Error: 'Horror'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. On Friday a District Court Judge in Boston ruled that the Trump administration must seek to facilitate the return to the United States of a Guatemalan man who said he was erroneously deported to Mexico in February despite fears for his safety. Newsweek contacted the Department of Justice via media inquiry form on Saturday outside of regular office hours. Why It Matters The Trump administration is involved in a number of legal battles concerning migrants who say they were mistakenly deported from the U.S. under its direction, including two individuals who were sent to a super prison in El Salvador. With the Republicans enjoying a majority in both the House and Senate, the courts have emerged as a major impediment to Trump administration policy, and have ruled against the government on a range of issues including the presence of transgender personnel in the military and a foreign aid freeze. What To Know District Judge Brian Murphy on Friday instructed the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan, identified as O.C.G, to the U.S. following his deportation in February. Initially the Justice Department said O.C.G. had stated he wasn't afraid of being sent to Mexico, but after further investigation admitted this was incorrect. According to court documents O.C.G. claimed he had suffered "multiple violent attacks" in his native Guatemala and was also raped and held for ransom in Mexico before seeking asylum in the U.S. in 2024. However in February, two days after receiving asylum status, he was forced on a bus back to Mexico and currently lives "in constant fear of his attackers" in Guatemala according to his legal team. A stock photograph shows a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holding a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss Abrego Garcia's arrest and deportation at Cannon House Office Building in... A stock photograph shows a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holding a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss Abrego Garcia's arrest and deportation at Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 2025. More Alex Wong/GETTY Murphy concluded that the deportation of O.C.G. likely "lacked due process" and that the individual shouldn't have been sent to Mexico without additional steps which "were ignored." In a court filing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said O.C.G. had mistakenly been entered in a software system known as the "ENFORCE alien removal module" leading to his deportation. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations assistant field office director Brian Ortega said: "Upon further investigation…ICE was unable to identify an officer or officers who asked O.C.G. if he feared a return to Mexico." In March the Trump administration admitted it had mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Maryland resident, to a super prison in El Salvador. Arrested in 2019 and accused of being part of the MS-13 gang—a group the Trump administration labels a terrorist organization—Abrego Garcia denied the claim, though two judges found him to be a member based on confidential information provided to the court. He had been protected from deportation due to fears that rival gangs in El Salvador would target him. ICE officials said his deportation was the result of an "administrative error." Abrego Garcia has no U.S. criminal record. What People Are Saying In his ruling Murphy wrote: "O.C.G. was given up to Mexico, which then sent him back to Guatemala, where he remains in hiding today. "No one has ever suggested that O.C.G poses any sort of security threat. In general, this case presents no special facts or legal circumstances, only the banal horror of a man being wrongfully loaded onto a bus and sent back to a county where he was allegedly just raped and kidnapped." What Happens Next It is likely legal battles over migrants deported to third countries by the Trump administration will continue. In April a judge instructed the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of Abrego Garcia to the U.S., but he remains in an El Salvadorian prison and its unclear what will happen with his case.
Straits Times
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Judge says Trump administration not detailing efforts to return wrongly deported man
FILE PHOTO: Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador, looks on during a press conference with other family members, supporters and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo A U.S. judge expressed frustration on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration had yet to provide sufficient details about its efforts to bring back a man deported in error from the United States and sent to a prison in El Salvador. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a hearing that the government had not produced information from high-level officials that adequately explained how it was complying with her order to "facilitate" the return of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Xinis also questioned whether the administration intended to comply with the order at all, citing a statement from U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem that Abrego Garcia "will never be allowed to return to the United States." "That sounds to me like an admission," Xinis said. "That's about as clear as it can get." The Trump administration has argued that details sought by Abrego Garcia's attorneys are confidential state secrets, but Xinis said the Justice Department had not shown how the doctrine would apply. "You have not given me anything that I can really say 'Ok, I understand what of the plaintiffs' requests or the court's order, in the government's view, poses a reasonable danger to diplomatic relations,'" the judge said. Xinis said information provided by government officials in Abrego Garcia's case so far had been "an exercise in utter frustration." Abrego Garcia's lawyer Andrew Rossman told Xinis it was "deeply disturbing" that the administration indicated it was in compliance with the judge's orders while "at the same time the highest officials in the government are saying the opposite." The hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, marks the latest court clash over Abrego Garcia's deportation, amid concerns that the administration failed to comply with Xinis' orders even after the U.S. Supreme Court said it "should be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken" to facilitate his return. Department of Justice attorney Jonathan Guynn said during the hearing that the Supreme Court's ruling acknowledged there would be "some and maybe many details we can't share" with the court. Guynn and Xinis sparred over some fundamental details about the case, including whether it concerned government "misconduct" and if the administration could legally remove Abrego Garcia. Xinis said several government statements indicated Abrego Garcia had been deported by mistake. "The attempt to revise that is going to be exceptionally difficult," she said. Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador on March 15 despite an order protecting him from removal. His case has sparked concerns among Democrats and some legal analysts that Trump's administration is willing to disregard the judiciary, an independent and equal branch of government. Xinis last month ordered the administration to provide more information about what it was doing to secure Abrego Garcia's return. She previously said that the administration had not given her any information of value about its efforts. Administration officials have accused courts of interfering with the executive branch's ability to conduct foreign policy. They have invoked the state secrets privilege, a legal doctrine that allows the government to block the disclosure of information that could harm national security interests, to conceal details about its efforts to return Abrego Garcia. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing this week that Abrego Garcia's lawyers have "all the information they need" to confirm that it has complied with the court's order on his return. Xinis said on Friday that she would likely give the administration another chance to supplement its evidence, which had included an affidavit from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the state-secrets privilege that she said was insufficient. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Straits Times
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
US judge questions Justice Department over efforts to return wrongly deported man
FILE PHOTO: Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador, looks on during a press conference with other family members, supporters and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo A U.S. judge expressed frustration on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration had failed to provide sufficient details about its efforts bring back a man deported in error from the United States and sent to a prison in El Salvador. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a hearing that the government had not produced information from high-level officials that adequately explained how it was complying with her order to "facilitate" the return of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The Trump administration has argued that details sought by Abrego Garcia's attorneys are confidential state secrets, but Xinis said the Justice Department had not shown how the doctrine would apply. "You have not given me anything that I can really say 'Ok, I understand what of the plaintiffs' requests or the court's order, in the government's view, poses a reasonable danger to diplomatic relations,'" the judge said. Xinis said information provided by government officials in Abrego Garcia's case so far had been "an exercise in utter frustration." Abrego Garcia's lawyer Andrew Rossman told Xinis it was "deeply disturbing" that the administration indicated it was in compliance with the judge's orders while "at the same time the highest officials in the government are saying the opposite." The hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, marks the latest court clash over Abrego Garcia's deportation, amid concerns that the administration failed to comply with Xinis' orders even after the U.S. Supreme Court said it "should be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken" to facilitate his return. Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador on March 15 despite an order protecting him from removal. His case has sparked concerns among Democrats and some legal analysts that Trump's administration is willing to disregard the judiciary, an independent and equal branch of government. Xinis last month ordered the administration to provide more information about what it was doing to secure Abrego Garcia's return. She previously said that the administration had not given her any information of value about its efforts. Administration officials have accused courts of interfering with the executive branch's ability to conduct foreign policy. They have invoked the state secrets privilege, a legal doctrine that allows the government to block the disclosure of information that could harm national security interests, to conceal details about its efforts to return Abrego Garcia. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing this week that Abrego Garcia's lawyers have "all the information they need" to confirm that it has complied with the court's order on his return. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
