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Columbia student protester sues Trump admin to stop deportation order

Another Columbia University student claimed on Monday that the Donald Trump administration has targeted her for deportation over her pro-Palestinian views, accusing immigration officials in a lawsuit of employing the same tactics used on Mahmoud Khalil and other college activists. Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old lawful permanent resident, said the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) moved to deport her after she was arrested on March 5 while protesting the Ivy League school's disciplinary actions against student protesters. News reports at the time identified her as being among a group of protesters arrested after a sit-in at a library on the adjacent Barnard College campus. Within days of her arrest, Chung said in the lawsuit, ICE officials signed an administrative arrest warrant and went to her parents' residence seeking to detain her. On March 10, Chung said, a federal law enforcement official told her lawyer that her lawful permanent resident status was being "revoked". T

US govt debates invoking state secrets privilege around deportation flights

Top leaders of President Donald Trump's administration are debating whether to invoke a state secrets privilege in response to a judge's questions about deportation flights carrying Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, a Justice Department official informed the judge on Friday ahead of a hearing. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a court filing that there are ongoing Cabinet-level discussions about Chief Judge James Boasberg's demand for more information. The district judge ordered the Trump administration to either provide more details about the flights or assert a claim that disclosing the information would harm state secrets. The Republican administration has largely resisted the judge's request, calling it an unnecessary judicial fishing expedition. Boasberg dismissed its response as woefully insufficient, increasing the possibility that he may hold administration officials in contempt of court. Government lawyers filed Blanche's sworn statement hours before the jud

No women or children shackled during deportation from US, says central govt

The Ministry of External Affairs stated that it had shared its concerns with US authorities over the treatment of deported Indian nationals

US deportees run from one embassy to another in Panama to seek asylum

Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama hopped door-to-door at embassies and consulates this week in a desperate attempt to seek asylum in any country that would accept them. The focus of international humanitarian concern just weeks before, the deportees now say they're increasingly worried that with little legal and humanitarian assistance and no clear pathway forward offered by authorities, they may be forgotten. After this, we don't know what we'll do, said 29-year-old Hayatullah Omagh, who fled Afghanistan in 2022 after the Taliban takeover. In February, the United States deported nearly 300 people from mostly Asian nations to Panama. The Central American ally was supposed to be a stopover for migrants from countries that were more challenging for the U.S. to deport to as the Trump administration tried to accelerate deportations. Some agreed to voluntarily return to their countries from Panama, but other

Venezuela pledges to free those deported to El Salvador jail: Official

President Donald Trump's administration deported 238 Venezuelans over the weekend, accusing them of membership of the Tren de Aragua gang

President Trump's lawyers keep judge in dark on Venezuelan deportation data

US District Judge James Boasberg convened a hearing Monday to press Justice Department lawyers for answers about whether the deportations took place after he'd issued an order Saturday not to do so

Oxford historian faces UK deportation for studying Indian history in India

After 12 years in the UK, an Oxford historian faces deportation for spending too many days in India - conducting essential research on Indian history and archives

Judge stalls Trump's bid to speed deportations using 18th-century law

A federal judge on Saturday barred the administration of President Donald Trump from deportations under an 18th-century law that Trump invoked just hours earlier asserting the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang and that he had new powers to remove its members from the country. James E Boasberg, chief judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia, said he needed to issue his order immediately because the government was already flying migrants it claimed were newly deportable under Trump's proclamation to El Salvador and Honduras to be incarcerated there. "I do not believe I can wait any longer and am required to act," he said during a Saturday evening hearing in a lawsuit brought by the ACLU and Democracy Forward. "A brief delay in their removal does not cause the government any harm," Boasberg added, noting they remain in government custody. The ruling came hours after Trump claimed the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, was invading the United States

Self-deportation: How Trump's new immigration policy works, explained

Self-deportation is a unique feature of Trump's immigration crackdown, with the administration aiming to remove record numbers of undocumented migrants

As with US, so with India: Deportation images and political silence

The fact is, deportation, which should have been like a cracker thrown in the midst of routine, slightly tired politics, has not compelled people to take to the streets

Mamata Banerjee slams Centre over deportation of Indians from US in chains

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday strongly condemned the deportation of "illegal" Indian immigrants from the United States in chains, calling it "shameful", and questioned why the BJP-led central government did not send planes to bring them back. Addressing a party conference here, Banerjee criticised the Centre for its alleged silence on the issue, decrying the lack of dignity in the repatriation process. She asserted that the government should have ensured their return with respect. Whenever elections approach, the BJP talks about infiltration, but our citizens are deported from the US in chains. Those who returned were brought back in chains. Why? It is a matter of shame for the country, she said. Drawing a comparison, Banerjee pointed out that Colombia arranged planes to bring back its citizens, and questioned why the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre could not do the same. If Colombia can send planes to bring back its citizens, why can't our central ..

12 Indians arrive in Delhi days after being deported to Panama by US

Twelve Indian nationals, who were deported to Panama by the US, returned to India from the Latin American nation on Sunday evening, officials said. The deportees arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, marking the first batch of Indians returning from Panama following their deportation by the US. The 12 Indians are learnt to be part of 299 undocumented migrants deported to Panama by the US a few days back. The Trump administration has begun a mass deportation programme of foreign nationals living illegally in the US. Over 300 Indians have already been deported to India by the US in three different flights this month. India has been maintaining that it will take back all Indians who have either overstayed in the US or are there without documentation after their nationality is verified. "It is the obligation of all nations to take back their nationals, if they are found to be living illegally abroad," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in Parliamen

'We're draining the swamp,' says Trump on his deportation programme

Trump further said that for years, the US had been controlled by the radical left but that such control would no longer continue

'Please help us': Indians among 300 US deportees stranded in Panama

Nearly 300 US deportees, including Indians, stranded in Panama as the authorities scramble to send them home. Detainees plead for aid from hotel windows

Indian deportees from US arrive in Panama, embassy secures consular access

Panama has informed India about the safe arrival of a group of Indians deported from the US and the Indian mission in the country is working closely with the host government to ensure their wellbeing after obtaining consular access to them. The Embassy of India in Panama, Costa Rica & Nicaragua took to X on Thursday to share the information but did not provide data on the number of Indians arriving in Panama. The group of Indians is part of a larger group of 299 migrants sent to Panama by the US government. These people arrived in the country on three flights last week after President Jose Raul Mulino agreed that Panama would become a "bridge" country for deportees. The Trump administration has pledged to deport millions of people who crossed illegally into the US. "Panamanian authorities have informed us that a group of Indians have reached Panama from the US," the Embassy of India in Panama, Nicaragua and Costa Rica posted on X. "They are safe and secure at a Hotel with all ...

Nearly 300 US deportees held in Panama as officials arrange their return

Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported under US President Donald Trump, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organise a return to their countries. More than 40 per cent of the migrants, authorities say, won't voluntarily return to their homeland. Migrants in the hotel rooms held messages to the windows reading Help and We are not save (sic) in our country. The migrants hailed from 10 mostly Asian countries, including Iran, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and others. The US has difficulty deporting directly to some of those countries so Panama is being used as a stopover. Costa Rica was expected to receive a similar flight of third-country deportees on Wednesday. Panama's Security Minister Frank Abrego said Tuesday the migrants are receiving medical attention and food as part of a migration agreement between Panama and the US. The Panamanian government has now agreed to serve as a ..

Senate GOP advances budget bill that funds Trump's mass deportations

Senate Republicans pushed ahead late on Tuesday on a scaled-back budget bill, a USD 340 billion package to give the Trump administration money for mass deportations and other priorities, as Democrats prepare a counter-campaign against the onslaught of actions coming from the White House. On a party-line vote, 50-47, Republicans launched the process, skipping ahead of the House Republicans who prefer President Donald Trump's approach for a "big, beautiful bill" that includes USD 4.5 trillion in tax cuts that are tops on the party agenda. Senate Republicans plan to deal with tax cuts later, in a second package. "It's time to act," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune on social media, announcing the plan ahead as the House is on recess week. "Let's get it done." This is the first step in unlocking Trump's campaign promises -- tax cuts, energy production and border controls -- and dominating the agenda in Congress. While Republicans have majority control of both the House and Senate,

'Risked our lives': US deportees from Punjab recall perilous 'donkey route'

Promised a legal entry into the US, ex-serviceman Mandeep Singh had to trim his beard despite being a Sikh and risk life and limb as he dealt with crocodiles and snakes while going without food for days. But his dream to secure a better life for his family in Amritsar came crashing down on January 27 when he was arrested by the US Border Patrol while trying to sneak into America via Tijuana in Mexico. Mandeep, 38, was part of the 116 Indians to be deported by a US military aircraft that landed at the Amritsar airport late on Saturday, the second such batch of Indians to be sent back after February 5 amid a crackdown by the Donald Trump administration against illegal immigrants. The third batch of 112 deportees reached Amritsar on Sunday night. Speaking to reporters in Amritsar, Mandeep said he is an ex-serviceman. He decided to try his luck in the US to better support his family and thought that the agent would send him there legally. He also showed several videos of the perilous

Third batch of Indian deportees from US being sent to respective states

The third batch arrived just after a day the second batch landed in Amritsar

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