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Yahoo
13 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Trump Admin Admits to Wrongfully Deporting Another Immigrant
The Trump administration has admitted to deporting yet another immigrant in violation of a court order, making it the fourth known case since President Donald Trump's second term began. As Politico explains, Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, had been in immigration detention since 2022, while deportation proceedings against him were pending. On May 7, soon after a federal appeals court had ordered the government to keep Melgar-Salmeron in the country, authorities deported him back to El Salvador, a move the Trump administration is now blaming on 'a confluence of administrative errors.' The errors included missed emails and an incorrect roster of passengers on the May 7 deportation flight. Melgar-Salmeron's case is similar to several others, including that of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador in contravention of a court order in March, and a Guatemalan man known as O.C.G., who was deported to Mexico despite fears of persecution. Earlier this month, the Trump administration admitted that O.C.G.'s deportation was an accident and the result of an error in the software used to track deportations. ICE initially claimed that O.C.G. had told officers he wasn't afraid of being sent to Mexico, but later retracted those assertions. A third man, Daniel Lozano-Camargo, was also wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March despite there being a legal settlement in place barring his deportation. Melgar-Salmeron, a longtime resident of Virginia, was placed in immigration detention in 2022 after serving a prison sentence for possessing an unregistered shotgun. In January 2024, his immigration proceedings were put on hold by the Biden administration amid litigation over immigration policy. In April, the Trump administration sought to lift that hold, asking the New York 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal to expedite Melgar-Salmeron's appeal and indicating it wanted to deport him by May 9 'at the latest,' assuring the court it would not act before May 8. Despite those assurances, less than half an hour after a May 7 order from the court that Melgar-Salmeron be kept in the U.S., he was loaded onto a plane and deported to El Salvador, where he now sits in prison. In response to the court's questions about the deportation, Justice Department attorney Kitty Lees explained that 'several inadvertent administrative oversights' led to Melgar-Salmeron's removal. Those oversights included different ICE offices listing different dates for Melgar-Salmeron's deportation, an email flagging his deportation not being forwarded to the ICE officer overseeing his case, and confusion over his inclusion on the flight manifest following an initial failure to appear for boarding. Of the four people wrongfully deported in recent months, two—Abrego Garcia and Lozano-Camargo—remain in detention in El Salvador. In the case of O.C.G., the Trump administration says it has taken steps to arrange a flight for him to be returned to the U.S. from Mexico following a court order that the government work to facilitate his return.
CTV News
14 hours ago
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- CTV News
Edmonton students perform as part of annual Latin American culture celebration
The Escuela Mill Creek School fiesta on May 30, 2025. (Dave Mitchell/CTV News Edmonton) Students at Escuela Mill Creek School held their annual fiesta celebrating Latin American culture on Friday. Children from Kindergarten to Grade 6 performed dances representing different countries such as El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela, Chile and Mexico. The celebration also included a percussion performance and traditional clothing. Escuela Mill Creek School is an international Spanish academy, the Spanish bilingual program is the only program offered at the school. This is the 24th year for the annual fiesta.
New York Times
16 hours ago
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- New York Times
Lawyers for Migrants Press Appeals Court to Stop Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act
The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal appeals court early Saturday morning to stop President Trump from using a rarely invoked 18th-century law to deport scores of Venezuelans accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador. The A.C.L.U.'s request to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans was an opening salvo in what is likely to be the decisive legal battle over Mr. Trump's attempts to use the law, the Alien Enemies Act, as a centerpiece of his aggressive deportation agenda. The case in front of the appeals court, which emerged from a lawsuit filed in Texas in April, is poised to become the first of its kind to receive a full hearing by the Supreme Court. The justices could get the case later this year and when they do, they will ultimately settle the question of whether Mr. Trump has used the wartime statute lawfully. For more than three months, the A.C.L.U. has been rushing from court to court across the country, filing lawsuits in an effort to stop the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelans accused of being members of the street gang Tren de Aragua under the Alien Enemies Act. The act, which was passed more than two centuries ago, gives the government expansive powers to round up and expel citizens of hostile foreign nations, but only at times when war has been declared or during an invasion. The administration has claimed that the presence of Tren de Aragua in United States is tantamount to an invasion and that its members have been acting at the behest of a hostile Venezuelan government. But that position has been rejected by federal judges in New York, Texas, and Colorado, all of whom have issued separate orders declaring that Mr. Trump has been using the act unlawfully. Only one federal judge, in Pennsylvania, has upheld his proclamation invoking the law. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
17 hours ago
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- New York Times
Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order
The Trump administration deported a 31-year-old Salvadoran man minutes after a federal appeals court barred his removal while his case proceeded, the government admitted in a court filing this week. In its filing, the government denied that it had violated the order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York, instead blaming 'a confluence of administrative errors.' The filing argues that because the process of deporting the man, Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, had already started before the court issued its formal order, at 9:52 a.m. May 7, that meant the order had not been violated. The plane carrying Mr. Melgar-Salmeron to El Salvador did not take off from Alexandria, La., until 10:20 a.m. Eastern time, according to the government's timeline. The government had also previously given the court what the judges called 'express assurance' that it would not schedule a deportation for him until the next day. The deportation deepened the questions surrounding the Trump administration's legal tactics and administrative errors as it has sought to carry out the president's aggressive vision of deporting as many as one million immigrants during his first year in office. In at least three other deportation cases, federal judges have determined that Trump officials expelled people from the country in violation of standing court orders. In an interview, one of Mr. Melgar-Salmeron's lawyers disputed the government's characterization of the deportation as a mistake, saying it appeared to be part of a larger pattern of the administration ignoring court orders. 'It would be an absurd level of mistake,' said Matthew Borowski, the lawyer, comparing it to a chef pouring in pepper instead of salt. 'Verifying the paperwork and putting the right people on the plane is their job.' The questions raised by the court over the deportation were reported earlier by Investigative Post, a nonprofit news outlet in Western New York. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
18 hours ago
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Milwaukee teacher's aide must self-deport; what has changed
The Brief A Milwaukee teacher's aide has been ordered to self-deport to El Salvador. Yessenia Ruano has been in the U.S. since 2011 after smugglers brought her from El Salvador. But Ruano's attorney said a new rule from the Trump administration means ICE will no longer wait. MILWAUKEE - She applied for a visa to stay in the United States. Now, a Milwaukee teacher's aide is learning she will be deported before that visa has a chance to go through. What we know Yessenia Ruano said her scheduled check-in with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was anything but routine. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android Ruano has been living in the U.S. since 2011 after smugglers brought her from El Salvador. Her children were born here and are U.S. citizens. What they're saying "It's very hard because I'm not asking for anything but more time," Ruano said. "I am trying the best that I can do the legal ways and now they're closing the doors." In February, immigration officials granted Ruano time to stay in the U.S. after she applied for what is called a "T visa." It allows victims of human trafficking to temporarily stay in the United States. Dig deeper In the past, people applying for T visa were protected from deportation while the process played out. But Ruano's attorney said a new rule from the Trump administration means ICE will no longer wait. Ruano found out on Friday, May 30 that she is required to self-deport by Tuesday, June 3. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News Immigration attorneys said the process for a T visa used to take three to four months. Now, it is more like three to four years. "I find that it is disingenuous that the same government while that case is pending to tell her that she needs to go back," said Marc Christopher, immigration attorney. "All we're asking is allow her to be here to be protected to be safe until that determination can be made." What's next FOX6 News reached out to USCIS and the Trump administration to get their perspective. We will let you know when we hear back. The Source The information in this post was produced by FOX6 News.
