A pastor in Portland, Oregon, says his church is preparing to provide sanctuary to people lacking legal status who risk being removed from the country under President Donald Trump’s plans to conduct mass deportations.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement made 308 arrests Tuesday, Trump’s first full day in office, Border Czar Tom Homan told Fox News, similar to figures under the Biden administration, which made 282 daily arrests on average in September, the last month for which data is available.
The Trump administration is expanding the use of a fast-track deportation authority nationwide. “Expedited removal” gives enforcement agencies broad authority to deport people without appearing before an immigration judge.
“Deportation flights have begun,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X, formerly Twitter. On Friday, two U.S. military aircraft, each carrying about 80 migrants, flew from the U.S. to Guatemala, a U.S. official told reporters.
More charges have been filed against a man arrested last week and charged with two counts of attempted murder in Darlington County. Silvano Alexander Maldonado-Estrada, who authorities said also faces possible deportation,
President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans could make it harder for older Americans to access healthcare and increase some of their costs.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already begun arresting illegal immigrants from coast to coast in the first few days of President Donald Trump's administration.
Advocates say the bill will put domestic violence survivors who face false allegations from their abusers at greater risk of deportation.
British Columbia climate activist Zain Haq and his wife Sophia Papp are planning to live together in Pakistan if his threatened deportation proceeds on Saturday, and blame his imminent expulsion on bureaucratic failings by immigration officials.