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Newsweek
2 days ago
- Politics
- Newsweek
More than 100 Illegal Migrants Arrested in Florida's Capital, Officials Say
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. More than 100 undocumented immigrants were arrested at a construction site in Tallahassee, Florida, during a multi-agency enforcement operation, according to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Tampa. Several of those arrested had prior deportations or criminal records, according to officials. HSI posted on X, formerly Twitter, "The illegal aliens are from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia & Honduras, to name a few." Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, a Republican, posted on X, "In Florida, we are leading the charge to help the Trump administration enforce federal immigration law. Today's crackdown took place right here in Tallahassee. Detain. Deport. Deliver for the American people." This is developing news and will be updated as more information is available.
NBC News
2 days ago
- Politics
- NBC News
Trump administration says it's working to return a Guatemalan man deported to Mexico
The Trump administration said in court filings Wednesday that it was working to bring back a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there, days after a federal judge ordered the administration to facilitate his return. The man, who is gay, was protected from being returned to his home country under a U.S. immigration judge's order at the time. But the U.S. put him on a bus and sent him to Mexico instead, a removal that U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy found likely 'lacked any semblance of due process.' Mexico has since returned him to Guatemala, where he is in hiding, according to court documents. In a court filing Wednesday, government lawyers said that a so-called significant public benefit parole packet had been approved and was awaiting additional approval from Homeland Security Investigations. The designation allows people who aren't eligible to enter the U.S. to do so temporarily, often for reasons related to law enforcement or legal proceedings. Officials in the Phoenix field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, spoke with the man's lawyers over the weekend and are working to bring him back to the U.S. on a plane chartered by ICE, the court filing said. An earlier court proceeding had determined that the man, identified by the initials O.C.G., risked persecution or torture if returned to Guatemala. But he also feared returning to Mexico, where he says he was raped and extorted while seeking asylum in the U.S., according to court documents. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who called Murphy a 'federal activist judge,' said O.C.G. was in the country illegally, was 'granted withholding of removal to Guatemala' and was instead sent to Mexico, which she said was 'a safe third option for him, pending his asylum claim.' Murphy's order last Friday adds to a string of findings by federal courts against recent Trump administration deportations. Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years, working and raising a family. Murphy's order last Friday adds to a string of findings by federal courts against recent Trump administration deportations. Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years, working and raising a family. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S. from a notorious Salvadoran prison, rejecting the White House's claim that it couldn't retrieve him after mistakenly deporting him. Both the White House and the El Salvadoran president have said they are powerless to return him.
2 days ago
- Politics
Trump administration says it's working to return a Guatemalan man deported to Mexico
The Trump administration said in court filings Wednesday that it was working to bring back a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there, days after a federal judge ordered the administration to facilitate his return. The man, who is gay, was protected from being returned to his home country under a U.S. immigration judge's order at the time. But the U.S. put him on a bus and sent him to Mexico instead, a removal that U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy found likely 'lacked any semblance of due process.' Mexico has since returned him to Guatemala, where he is in hiding, according to court documents. In a court filing Wednesday, government lawyers said that a so-called significant public benefit parole packet had been approved and was awaiting additional approval from Homeland Security Investigations. The designation allows people who aren't eligible to enter the U.S. to do so temporarily, often for reasons related to law enforcement or legal proceedings. Officials in the Phoenix field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, spoke with the man's lawyers over the weekend and are working to bring him back to the U.S. on a plane chartered by ICE, the court filing said. An earlier court proceeding had determined that the man, identified by the initials O.C.G., risked persecution or torture if returned to Guatemala. But he also feared returning to Mexico, where he says he was raped and extorted while seeking asylum in the U.S., according to court documents. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who called Murphy a 'federal activist judge,' said O.C.G. was in the country illegally, was 'granted withholding of removal to Guatemala' and was instead sent to Mexico, which she said was 'a safe third option for him, pending his asylum claim.' Murphy's order last Friday adds to a string of findings by federal courts against recent Trump administration deportations. Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years, working and raising a family. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S. from a notorious Salvadoran prison, rejecting the White House's claim that it couldn't retrieve him after mistakenly deporting him. Both the White House and the El Salvadoran president have said they are powerless to return him.
India Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Trump admin to return Guatemalan man wrongfully deported to Mexico
The Trump administration told a federal court on Wednesday that it is working to bring back a Guatemalan man, identified as O.C.G., who was wrongfully deported to Mexico despite a judge's order protecting him from man, who is gay, feared for his safety in both Guatemala and Mexico. While he was granted protection from deportation to Guatemala, he was nonetheless sent to Mexico, where he had previously experienced rape and extortion while seeking District Judge Brian Murphy found that the deportation likely violated O.C.G.'s right to due process. In response, government attorneys said they had approved a special parole request that would allow O.C.G. to re-enter the US temporarily, pending final approval from Homeland Security Investigations. ICE officials are coordinating with the man's lawyers to arrange his return on a government-chartered the judge's order, Department of Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin criticized Judge Murphy, labeling him an 'activist judge,' and argued that Mexico was a safe third country for O.C.G. while his asylum case was being case follows similar rulings against the Trump administration for wrongful deportations, including that of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported and jailed in El Salvador after living in the US for 14 Supreme Court ultimately ordered the government to bring him back, rejecting claims that it was unable to do entered the US illegally in 2011 at age 16 and settled in Maryland with his brother. He later began working in construction and built a life with US citizen Jennifer Vasquez Sura. By 2018, they were living together and raising three children, two with autism and one with epilepsy, as reported by The Associated inputs from agenciesTune InMust Watch
Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Politics
- Hamilton Spectator
Trump administration says it's working to return a Guatemalan man deported to Mexico
The Trump administration said in court filings Wednesday that it was working to bring back a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there, days after a federal judge ordered the administration to facilitate his return. The man, who is gay, was protected from being returned to his home country under a U.S. immigration judge's order at the time. But the U.S. put him on a bus and sent him to Mexico instead, a removal that U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy found likely 'lacked any semblance of due process.' Mexico has since returned him to Guatemala, where he is in hiding, according to court documents. In a court filing Wednesday, government lawyers said that a so-called significant public benefit parole packet had been approved and was awaiting additional approval from Homeland Security Investigations. The designation allows people who aren't eligible to enter the U.S. to do so temporarily, often for reasons related to law enforcement or legal proceedings. Officials in the Phoenix field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, spoke with the man's lawyers over the weekend and are working to bring him back to the U.S. on a plane chartered by ICE, the court filing said. An earlier court proceeding had determined that the man, identified by the initials O.C.G., risked persecution or torture if returned to Guatemala. But he also feared returning to Mexico, where he says he was raped and extorted while seeking asylum in the U.S., according to court documents. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who called Murphy a 'federal activist judge,' said O.C.G. was in the country illegally, was 'granted withholding of removal to Guatemala' and was instead sent to Mexico, which she said was 'a safe third option for him, pending his asylum claim.' Murphy's order last Friday adds to a string of findings by federal courts against recent Trump administration deportations. Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia , an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years, working and raising a family. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S. from a notorious Salvadoran prison, rejecting the White House's claim that it couldn't retrieve him after mistakenly deporting him. Both the White House and the El Salvadoran president have said they are powerless to return him. ___
