Nathali Sánchez last heard from her husband on March 14, when he called from a Texas detention center to say he was being deported back to Venezuela. Later that night, he texted her through a government messaging app for detainees.…
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Trump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians
The Trump administration will end temporary protections for more than 10,000 people from Afghanistan and Cameroon, putting them on track for deportation in May and June, Department of Homeland Security officials said on Friday. The people had been living in…
She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her
A shift in the atmosphere Ms. Petrova’s return flight from Paris landed in Boston on the evening of Feb. 16. As the plane sat on the tarmac, she texted back and forth with Dr. Peshkin, trying to confirm how she…
Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deportees
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that he was revoking the visas of all South Sudan passport holders because the country’s transitional government had refused to accept in a “timely manner” citizens who were being deported by the…
Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deportees
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that he was revoking the visas of all South Sudan passport holders because the country’s transitional government had refused to accept in a “timely manner” citizens who were being deported by the…
Venezuelan Migrants Ask Supreme Court to Block Deportations
Lawyers for Venezuelan migrants accused of being members of a violent street gang asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to continue a temporary block on President Trump’s use of a wartime powers law to send hundreds of people to a…
Immigration Officials Detain Former Taliban Ambassador to Spain
The Taliban’s former ambassador to Spain was detained by U.S. immigration officials while entering the United States on Saturday, and remained in custody after a federal judge declined to order his release on Monday. The former Afghan diplomat, Mohammad Rahim…
Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation from Pakistan
In a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Afghan families gathered on Sunday to observe the festival of Eid al-Fitr — not in joyous celebration, but in quiet apprehension. On Monday, thousands who have called Pakistan home for…
U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo
Five senators who visited the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, criticized the migrant mission there over the weekend as a waste of resources, after the Pentagon estimated that the operation had cost $40 million in its first month. The…
Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation from Pakistan
In a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Afghan families gathered on Sunday to observe the festival of Eid al-Adha — not in joyous celebration, but in quiet apprehension. On Monday, thousands who have called Pakistan home for…