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Nigerian Official Quotes Rap Lyric in Rebuffing US

'I can't do nothin' for you, man' says foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar, channeling Flava Flav

(Newser) - The US has been pressing Nigeria to accept deported migrants, but Nigeria's foreign minister says his country has enough problems. In a TV interview, Yusuf Tuggar quoted a rap lyric to make his point, reports the BBC :
  • "In the words of the famous US rap group Public Enemy—
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Number of Apprehensions at Border Has Never Been So Low

Apprehensions of unauthorized migrants hit record low in June

(Newser) - "We have never seen numbers this low. Never," wrote border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday in an X post praising the "Trump effect." CBS News reports he is correct: Unlawful border crossings sank to a historic low in June, with just 6,070 apprehensions of...

Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Musk

President talks about siccing DOGE on him, as well as deportation

(Newser) - The bickering between President Trump and Elon Musk over the "big beautiful bill" resumed late Monday, and Trump kept it in play Tuesday morning. The president reiterated the idea of having the Musk-created Department of Government Efficiency investigate Musk's various federal subsidies and contracts, and he didn't...

DeSantis on 'Alligator Alcatraz': 'Good Luck Getting to Civilization'

Fla. governor says President Trump is 'very excited' to visit the new migrant detention site on Tuesday

(Newser) - Looks like "Alligator Alcatraz" is ready to open, and President Trump will be there this week to check out the revamped facility in the Florida Everglades. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Monday that Trump will be stopping by Tuesday at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a new immigration...

Attorneys for Abrego Garcia: Please Keep Him Locked Up

They fear he'll be deported before trial

(Newser) - Attorneys for a man caught up in one of the bigger deportation controversies have made an unusual request of the judge: They want their client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia , to remain locked up in Tennessee instead of being released, reports the AP . The reason? They fear he'll be arrested by...

Feds Plan to Deport Abrego Garcia to 3rd Country

He's being kept in jail for now, despite ruling on right to be released

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors told a judge in Maryland on Thursday that the government plans to initiate removal proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and to deport him to a country that is not his native El Salvador upon his release from a Tennessee jail. But the prosecutors also said that they would...

Harvard Scientist Charged With Smuggling Frog Embryos

Embryo samples at center of legal battle for Russian national

(Newser) - A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School faces serious federal charges after allegedly smuggling frog embryo samples into the US and lying to customs officials—a case that is raising questions about how far the government will go in its pursuit of academics in the US who are...

Florida AG Wants to Build 'Alligator Alcatraz'

He says site in the Everglades could hold up to 1K immigration detainees

(Newser) - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has made an offer that's likely to appeal to the Trump administration: In a post on X Thursday, the Republican proposed building a "one-stop shop to carry out President Trump's mass deportation agenda" at an old airport in the Everglades, calling it...

DHS Pulls Another U-Turn on Farm Raids

Agency reverses guidance intended to protect agriculture, hospitality industries

(Newser) - A week after telling agents not to conduct immigration raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants, the Department of Homeland Security has done a U-turn. On Monday, the agency told staff at 30 field offices across the country that the guidance had been reversed, coming in line with President Trump's...

Obama, Trump Butt Heads With Dueling Posts
Obama Breaks His Silence
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Obama Breaks His Silence

Former president urges Americans to reject framing of immigrants as 'enemies'

(Newser) - Days after a public plea for him to speak up from the comfort of "semi-retirement," former President Obama has heeded the call. The 44th president on Sunday offered up a social media post , which stands in stark contrast to a rant from President Trump that appeared hours later...

Agency Given 54 Minutes to Comply With New Directive

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made to hand over data on enrollees to deportation officials

(Newser) - President Trump's administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data—including immigration status—on millions of Medicaid enrollees, a move that could make it easier to locate people as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown. An internal memo and emails obtained by the AP show that Medicaid officials...

After 4 Months in Detention, Harvard Scientist Released

Russia's Kseniia Petrova still faces deportation, smuggling charges over frog embryos

(Newser) - Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was released on bail on Thursday after spending four months in US detention . Petrova was initially detained in February at Boston's Logan Airport for failing to declare frog embryo samples she was carrying for research. Since then, she has...

Trump Changes Tune on Migrant Farm Workers

'Our farmers are being hurt badly and we're going to have to do something about that'

(Newser) - In remarks in person and on social media Thursday, President Trump suggested he would soon issue an order to give farm and hotel workers some protection from his immigration crackdown. "Our farmers are being hurt badly and we're going to have to do something about that," he...

Trump's Plan for Guantanamo May Be Coming Back to Life

Documents indicate 9K people could be sent there as early as this week

(Newser) - Thousands of migrants facing deportation from the US could soon be sent to Guantanamo Bay, potentially as soon as this week—including detainees from European allies, according to documents viewed by Politico and officials familiar with the plan who spoke with the Washington Post . At least 9,000 people—...

In LA, 'Extraordinary Show of Force' During Raids

Protests, clashes with federal agents, dozens of arrests as national immigration crackdown continues

(Newser) - Federal agents conducted high-profile immigration raids on Friday in Los Angeles, including in the city's Fashion District, where they used flash-bang grenades and what appeared to be less-than-lethal rounds to disperse protesters after targeting a clothing wholesaler called Ambiance Apparel. The action was part of at least three...

Trump Reacts to Wrongly Deported Man's US Return

President says he wants the US court system to 'show how horrible' Kilmar Abrego Garcia is

(Newser) - President Trump has weighed in on the return to the US of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador who's become a centerpiece of resistance to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Trump told reporters Friday on Air Force One that it...

ICE Officers, Detainees Stuck in Sweltering Shipping Container

Court order has left them all in harsh, unsafe conditions in Djibouti

(Newser) - A group of nearly a dozen US immigration officers and eight deportees have been stranded for more than two weeks at a US military base in Djibouti after a federal judge in Boston halted a deportation flight. The detainees, who include individuals convicted of crimes like murder and armed...

Judge Blocks Deportation of Boulder Suspect's Family

'It is patently unlawful to punish individuals for the crimes of their relatives,' lawyers say

(Newser) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to immediately halt deportation proceedings against the family of a man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, to ensure the protection of the family's constitutional rights. US District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted a request from the wife and...

High School Junior's Arrest Is New ICE Flashpoint

Immigration officials defend Massachusetts teen's detention while on his way to volleyball practice

(Newser) - Another arrest by federal immigration officers is drawing controversy, this one involving a high school student near Boston who was stopped on his way to volleyball practice. The details:
  • On Saturday, authorities with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva in Milford. He was born in
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SCOTUS Lets US Revoke Protection of 500K Immigrants

Ruling allows White House to strip Biden-era legal status of people from 4 nations

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Friday again cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip temporary legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants, per the AP . The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole protections in place for more than 500,000 migrants from four countries: Cuba,...

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