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May 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Federal officials to vet social media accounts of visa applicants heading to Harvard

Federal officials are set to start reviewing the social media accounts of visa applicants who plan to attend, work at or visit Harvard University for any signs of antisemitism
May 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
FILE - People walk between buildings, Dec. 17, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
May 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM

Supreme Court allows White House to revoke many migrants’ temporary protected status

Guerline Jozef and Adelys Ferro speak with ABC News’ Juju Chang about how the Supreme Court’s decision affects immigrants who now may be sent back to a place they don’t feel comfortable returning to.
May 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
VIDEO: Supreme Court allows White House to revoke many migrants’ temporary protected status
May 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM

'Heartbreaking': Lawyers say girl could die over lack of medical care if deported

A 4-year-old girl receiving "lifesaving medical treatment" in the United States could die "within days" if she is deported, according to the family's lawyers.
May 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
As part of her daily routine, Deysi Vargas runs a saline solution through her daughter's intravenous line before her morning shower and school, in Bakersfield, Calif., May 23, 2025.
May 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Supreme Court allows Trump to begin removing half a million immigrants

The Supreme Court granted the Trump admin's request to revoke humanitarian parole for more than 530,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports.
May 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
VIDEO: Supreme Court allows Trump to begin removing half a million immigrants
May 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM

Supreme Court allows Trump to begin removing half a million immigrants

The Supreme Court granted the Trump admin's request to revoke humanitarian parole for more than 530,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
May 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 25, 2024.
May 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM

Judge gives Harvard 30 days to contest foreign-student ban

While celebrating graduation day, the university received a legal victory amid its battle with the Trump administration.
May 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Judge gives Harvard 30 days to contest foreign-student ban
May 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM

Here's the country the State Department says unjustly detains the most US citizens

The State Department is ramping up efforts to dissuade people from going to Venezuela after revealing it is unjustly imprisoning more Americans than any other country.
May 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters as he celebrates the results of the parliamentary and regional elections at the Bolivar square in Caracas, on May 25, 2025.
May 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM

Trump administration backtracks on Harvard foreign student policy

The Trump administration has backtracked on Harvard, giving the school 30 days to challenge the administration's revocation of its ability to host international students.
May 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Students cheer during Harvard University's commencement ceremonies, May 29, 2025 in Cambridge, Mass.
May 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM

4-year-old girl getting US care could die if deported: Lawyer

A 4-year-old girl receiving "lifesaving medical treatment" in the United States could die "within days" if she is deported, according to the family's lawyers. ABC News’ Armando Garcia reports.
May 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
VIDEO: 4-year-old girl getting US care could die if deported: Lawyer
May 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM

'Heartbreaking': Lawyers say 4-year-old girl could die within days if she is deported

A 4-year-old girl who receives "lifesaving medical treatment" in the United States could die "within days” if she is deported, her attorney said.
May 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A 4-year-old girl who receives "lifesaving medical treatment" in the United States could die "within days” if she is deported, her attorney said.
May 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM

Judge grants ICE bail for researcher, but she remains in custody on criminal charges

The Harvard researcher is set to be transported to Massachusetts where she’s expected to face criminal charges related to the alleged smuggling of frog embryos.
May 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
An undated handout photo of Kseniia Petrova.
May 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM

Georgia teen forgives officer who wrongly arrested her leading to ICE detention

A Georgia teen detained by ICE after wrongfully being arrested said she forgives the police officer who who mistakenly pulled her over.
May 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Ximena Arias-Cristobal speaks at a press conference in Georgia, May 27, 2025.
May 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM

Immigrant rights advocates rally against ICE courthouse arrests in San Francisco

Immigrant rights advocates rallied outside San Francisco’s immigration court to condemn the Trump administration’s latest deportation tactics
May 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Cindy McPherson, with the Interfaith Movement For Human Integrity, listens to speakers during a news conference and rally by immigrant justice organizations and advocates to protest ICE arrests in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
May 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Georgia teen detained by ICE after mistaken arrest speaks out

Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, was arrested in early May in a case of mistaken identity and then detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over her undocumented status.
May 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, was arrested in early May in a case of mistaken identity and then detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over her undocumented status.
May 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM

Negotiations continue to free wrongly-detained Americans

At least eight Americans are currently being unjustly detained in Venezuelan prisons, according to officials. Adam Boehler, President Trump's special envoy for hostage response, shares the latest.
May 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
VIDEO: Negotiations continue to free wrongly-detained Americans
May 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil takes the stand in bid for asylum

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained since his arrest in March, took the stand Thursday during a hearing on his immigration status.
May 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024.
May 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM

‘I was terrified’: Georgia teen detained by ICE reunited with family

Ximena Arias-Cristobal was arrested on May 5 in Dalton, Georgia, after her dark gray truck was mistaken for a black pickup that made an illegal turn.
May 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ximena Arias-Cristobal was arrested on May 5 in Dalton, Georgia, after her dark gray truck was mistaken for a black pickup that made an illegal turn.
May 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM

Georgia teen detained by ICE after mistaken traffic stop granted bond: Attorney

During a bond hearing on Wednesday, Ximena Arias-Cristobal was granted $1,500 bond, the minimal amount possible under the law, according to her attorney.
May 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Arias-Cristobal, 19, was detained by ICE after being mistakenly stopped for a traffic infraction she did not commit.
May 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM

Judge rules DHS violated court order in deporting 8 migrants to South Sudan

A judge ruled that the Trump administration's deportations of eight men convicted of violent crimes to South Sudan was "unquestionably violative of this Court's order."
May 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Madison Sheahan, with Acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons, speaks during a news conference at ICE Headquarters, in Washington, May 21, 2025.
May 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM

Attorney of deported migrant: 'The truth is, I don't know where my client is'

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with attorney Jonathan Ryan, who represents one of eight migrants believed to have been deported to a country that is not their own.
May 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
VIDEO: Attorney of deported migrant: 'The truth is, I don't know where my client is'
May 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM

Judge rules DHS violated court order in deporting 8 migrants to South Sudan

A judge ruled that the Trump administration's deportations of eight men convicted of violent crimes to South Sudan was "unquestionably violative of this Court's order."
May 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
VIDEO: Judge rules DHS violated court order in deporting 8 migrants to South Sudan
May 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Kristi Noem fumbles habeas corpus, denies DHS will host citizenship TV show

Kristi Noem incorrectly responded to a question on the definition of habeas corpus during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.
May 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, testifies before a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill, May 20, 2025, in Washington.
May 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM

Judge orders Trump admin. to maintain custody of migrants deported to South Sudan 

Immigration attorneys say they believe the Trump administration deported at least 12 men to South Sudan on Tuesday potentially defying a court order.
May 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Detainees play outside during a media tour of the Port Isabel Detention Center (PIDC), hosted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Harlingen Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), in Los Fresnos, Texas, June 10, 2024. Behind barbed metal fences topped with barbed wire, men play volleyball and basketball at a detention center in Texas, passing time as they wait to hear if they will be allowed to stay in the United States.
May 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Migrants allegedly deported to South Sudan committed ‘barbaric’ crimes: DHS official

ABC News’ Shannon Kingston reports on the Trump administration’s possible violation of an order barring deportations of migrants to countries other than their own.
May 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
VIDEO: Migrants allegedly deported to South Sudan committed ‘barbaric’ crimes: DHS official
May 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Trump administration allegedly deported migrants against court order

A federal judge in Boston demanded answers from the Trump administration about whether or not the government deported migrants to South Sudan without due process.
May 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
VIDEO: Trump administration allegedly deported migrants against court order
May 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM

Kristi Noem defends Trump administration’s migrant deportations without due process

The Homeland Security secretary defended the Trump administration’s migrant deportations – without due process – and incorrectly responded to a lawmaker's question on the definition of habeas corpus.
May 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
VIDEO: Kristi Noem defends Trump administration’s migrant deportations without due process
May 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM

They crossed the border for better schools. Now, some families are leaving the US

Even as immigrants in the U.S. avoid going out in public, terrified of encountering immigration authorities, families across the country are mostly sending their children to school — but that’s not to say they feel safe in this country
May 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
A second grader uses his hands to do math at Place Bridge Academy, May 20, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/Rebecca Slezak)
May 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM

Rubio, Van Hollen spar in contentious exchange over deportations

Marco Rubio returned to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday to defend the president's foreign policy and the administration's budget priorities.
May 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Marco Rubio returned to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday to defend the president's foreign policy and the administration's budget priorities.
May 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM

Judge orders government to report steps it's taken to return Venezuelan man to US

A judge has ordered the Trump administration to report "the steps they have taken" to facilitate the return of a deported 20-year-old Venezuelan man to the U.S.
May 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A Salvadoran soldier stands guard at the CECOT prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 4, 2025.
May 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM

Van Hollen slams Rubio in contentious exchange over deportations and Abrego Garcia

Marco Rubio returned to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday to defend the president's foreign policy and the administration's budget priorities.
May 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as he testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's State Department budget request for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 20, 2025.
May 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM

Charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver spark backlash after incident with ICE agents

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver was charged on Monday for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers outside of an ICE detention facility earlier this month. 
May 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Rep. LaMonica McIver speaks during a news conference with the Congressional Progressive Caucus in the Capitol Visitor Center to oppose Elon Musk gaining access to the Treasury Department's federal payment system, February 6, 2025.
May 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM

SCOTUS allows White House to end protections for 350,000 Venezuelans in US

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to remove Temporary Protected Status for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans who were protected from deportation and allowed to work in the U.S.
May 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
VIDEO: SCOTUS allows White House to end protections for 350,000 Venezuelans in US
May 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM

US sends 68 migrants back to Honduras and Colombia in first voluntary deportation

The United States has sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries in the first government-funded flight of what the Trump administration is calling voluntary deportations
May 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A Honduran migrant who returned voluntarily from the United States walks after arriving at Ramon Villeda Morales Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)
May 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM

Appeals court sides with Venezuelan man seeking return to US from El Salvador

The man, identified in court records by the pseudonym "Cristian," was removed to El Salvador in mid-March.
May 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
More than 250 suspected gang members arrive in El Salvador by plane, including 238 members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang and 23 members of the MS-13 gang, who were deported to El Salvador by the US in San Salvador, El Salvador on March 16, 2025. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele confirmed they will be sent to the country's infamous mega-prison at CECOP facility prison. San Salvador forces took heavy security measures. (Photo by El Salvador Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
May 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM

Supreme Court allows Trump admin to end protected status for Venezuelan immigrants

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump admin to terminate protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans who were protected from deportation and allowed to work in the U.S.
May 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
VIDEO: Supreme Court allows Trump admin to end protected status for Venezuelan immigrants
May 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Timeline: Wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador

Here's how the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to his home country of El Salvador despite a court order barring his deportation there, has progressed.
May 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
May 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM

Families separated by 'zero-tolerance' policy at risk of separation again, ACLU says

Under a 2023 settlement agreement, the federal government agreed to provide behavioral health and legal services.
May 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
 Central American asylum seekers wait as U.S. Border Patrol agents take them into custody on June 12, 2018 near McAllen, Texas. The families were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing center for possible separation. U.S. border authorities are executing the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy towards undocumented immigrants. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also said that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political asylum status.
May 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM

'Significant harm' to nat'l security if info about Abrego Garcia case released: Rubio

The judge in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case reprimanded the government for not providing enough basis for her to determine if information in the case should be privileged.
May 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, joins supporters rallying for Garcia's return from El Salvador prior to a status hearing outside the federal court house in Greenbelt, Maryland, May 16, 2025.
May 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM

Supreme Court maintains temporary block on Alien Enemies Act deportations

The Supreme Court extended its temporary hold on President Donald Trump's executive order to deport migrants using the Alien Enemies Act.
May 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court, May 14, 2025 in Washington.
May 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Judge in Abrego Garcia case to hear arguments over state secrets privilege

A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Friday over the Trump administration's invocation of the state secrets privilege in the case of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
May 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Friday over the Trump administration's invocation of the state secrets privilege in the case of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
May 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM

Supreme Court hears arguments about birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court appears conflicted over President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order to end birthright citizenship, something he promised on the campaign trail.
May 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
VIDEO: Supreme Court hears arguments about birthright citizenship order
May 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM

Birthright citizenship explained as justices weigh blocks on Trump's order to end it

The Supreme Court heard arguments over President Donald Trump’s effort to roll back nationwide injunctions blocking his executive order on birthright citizenship.
May 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Jan. 10, 2025.
May 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM

Supreme Court weighs landmark case on birthright citizenship, nationwide injunctions

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over Pres. Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, and whether lower court judges have the ability to block the president's policies nationwide.
May 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
VIDEO: Supreme Court weighs landmark case on birthright citizenship, nationwide injunctions
May 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM

Supreme Court hears arguments on birthright citizenship order, injunctions

ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos spoke with Hofstra University law professor James Sample about how the justices’ decision could impact the power of lower courts moving forward.
May 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
VIDEO: Supreme Court hears arguments on birthright citizenship order, injunctions
May 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM

Justices hear arguments in birthright citizenship case

The Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments over President Donald Trump's emergency request to roll back nationwide injunctions blocking his executive order to end birthright citizenship.
May 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
VIDEO: Justices hear arguments in birthright citizenship case
May 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trespassing charges dismissed against 98 people arrested in buffer zone near border

A judge has dismissed trespassing charges against 98 people who were arrested along the Southwestern border for entering the newly created National Defense Area.
May 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
U.S. Army Spc. Manuel Canabal from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, assigned to Joint Task Force - Southern Border and two U.S. border patrol agents discuss the operations of the mission at Santa Teresa, N.M., May 7, 2025., showing effective team collaboration at the New Mexico National Defense Area.
May 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM

Harvard researcher fears being returned to Russia after DOJ charges

The judge scheduled a bail hearing for May 28.
May 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The judge scheduled a bail hearing for May 28.
May 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM

Why a Wisconsin judge accused of helping man evade ICE says she can't be prosecuted

Judge Hannah Dugan was indicted on charges alleging she concealed a person from arrest and obstructed a proceeding before a department or agency of the United States.
May 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Judge Hannah Dugan poses for a photo in Milwaukee in 2016.
May 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM

How the Supreme Court is responding to arguments over birthright citizenship

ABC News’ Selina Wang and constitutional lawyer Jeff Lewis discuss what the Supreme Court justices need to consider in this case.
May 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
VIDEO: How the Supreme Court is responding to arguments over birthright citizenship
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Birthright citizenship injunction could create ‘patchwork of chaos’: Expert

ABC News’ Selina Wang and legal contributor Kim Wehle discuss President Donald Trump's emergency request to roll back nationwide injunctions blocking his executive order to end birthright citizenship.
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
VIDEO: Birthright citizenship injunction could create ‘patchwork of chaos’: Expert