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Senator says El Salvador officials planted drinks at table

Sen. Chris Van Hollen alleged that his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the U.S. government said was erroneously deported to El Salvador, was organized under questionable circumstances.
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VIDEO: Senator says El Salvador officials planted drinks at table
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Republican congressman discusses deportations under Alien Enemies Act, tariffs

Congressman Nick Lalota (R-NY) discusses the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to carry out deportations, plus tariffs and flight safety Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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VIDEO: Republican congressman discusses deportations under Alien Enemies Act, tariffs
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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under Alien Enemies Act

The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law
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Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States peer through windows of an Eastern Airlines plane upon arriving at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
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Judge blocks deportation of noncitizens to 3rd countries without due process

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens to countries other than their place of origin without due process.
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President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, April 17, 2025, in Washington.
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SCOTUS halts deportations of Venezuelan migrants in Texas

The Supreme Court is again weighing in on their deportation plans as Senator Chris Van Hollen fights for the release of a man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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VIDEO: SCOTUS halts deportations of Venezuelan migrants in Texas
April 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM

Van Hollen describes dramatic meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Sen. Chris Van Hollen joined the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he returned from El Salvador and pushed the administration to bring the man back to the U.S.
April 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen holds a press conference after returning from a visit to El Salvador, at Dulles International Airport in Sterling, Virginia, April 18, 2025.
April 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM

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.
April 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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.
April 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM

As Abrego Garcia's deportation battle continues, differing pictures of him emerge

Court filings and sworn declarations paint a complex picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who sits at the center of one of the Trump administration's biggest legal standoffs.
April 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Appeals court temporarily halts contempt inquiry over deportation flights

A divided panel of judges has temporarily paused an effort to investigate whether the Trump administration engaged in contempt of court.
April 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
President Donald Trump in Washington, April 14, 2025 and James Boasberg, chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, April 2, 2025.
April 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM

Maryland Sen. Hollen details face-to-face meeting with mistakenly deported man

The senator returned to the U.S. from El Salvador, detailing his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, while Pres. Trump accuses Abrego Garcia of being a violent gang member.
April 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Maryland Sen. Hollen details face-to-face meeting with mistakenly deported man
April 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM

As administration eyes more AEA deportation flights, judge says he can't block them

A judge said Friday he lacks the authority to block deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, as a DOJ lawyer said they "reserve the right" to resume flights Saturday.
April 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
ACLU submitted a document they say their clients received notifying them of their removal from the U.S. under the AEA.
April 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM

Homan argues US justified in deporting 'safety threat' Abrego Garcia to El Salvador

Border czar Tom Homan spoke with "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl about the wrongful deportation of Kilmer Abrego Garcia.
April 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
White House "Border Czar" Tom Homan speaks with ABC News while appearing on 'This Week.'
April 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM

Trump administration border czar responds to Sen. Van Hollen's trip to El Salvador

Jonathan Karl interviews Trump administration border czar Tom Homan for "This Week."
April 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
VIDEO: Trump administration border czar responds to Sen. Van Hollen's trip to El Salvador
April 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen shares photo with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., shared a photo of his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador on Thursday.
April 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen shares photo of meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.
April 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM

Sen. Van Hollen describes meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Sen. Chris Van Hollen joined the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Friday afternoon after returning from his trip to El Salvador and demanded the Trump administration return him to the U.S.
April 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
VIDEO: Sen. Van Hollen describes meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM

Sen. Van Hollen holds news conference after meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen spoke to the press after his return from El Salvador where he met with the erroneously deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
VIDEO: Sen. Van Hollen holds news conference after meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM

Federal judge blocks deporting noncitizens without due process

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens to countries other than their place of origin without due process.
April 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
VIDEO: Federal judge blocks deporting noncitizens without due process
April 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Exclusive: Wife of man wrongfully deported to El Salvador speaks out

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, speaks with “GMA” about the legal battle involving her husband now playing out in the courts.
April 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
VIDEO: Exclusive: Wife of man wrongfully deported to El Salvador speaks out
April 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM

Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia says seeing photo of him alive is 'very overwhelming'

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, told ABC's "Good Morning America" Friday that seeing a photo of him alive has been "very overwhelming."
April 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Jennifer Vasquez Sura speaks with ABC News.
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM

SCOTUS to hear Trump bid on birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court said it would hear expedited oral arguments in May over Pres. Trump's emergency request to rollback nationwide injunctions against his executive order to end birthright citizenship.
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
VIDEO: SCOTUS to hear Trump bid on birthright citizenship
April 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM

Maryland senator travels to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A source close to Abrego Garcia’s family told ABC News that the meeting in the capital was set up by El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, as both he and the Trump administration say Abrego Garcia won’t return to the U.S.
April 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
VIDEO: Maryland senator travels to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM

SCOTUS sets arguments over injunctions on Trump bid to end birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in May over Trump's emergency request to rollback nationwide injunctions against his executive order to end birthright citizenship.
April 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, April 7, 2025 in Washington.
April 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM

Lawyers for Venezuelan detainee imprisoned in El Salvador say detention is 'lawless'

The government is “paying” for his “torture in El Salvador with U.S. taxpayer dollars, his attorneys claim.
April 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Salvadoran soldiers stand guard, as the CECOT logo is seen, during a media tour at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 4, 2025.
April 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Trump defends deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Asked whether he will take steps to return a migrant who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, President Donald Trump said “Well, I'm not involved in it. You’ll have to speak to the lawyers.”
April 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
VIDEO: Trump defends deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Sen. Chris Van Hollen goes to El Salvador amid erroneous deportation

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has flown to El Salvador to seek answers over the contested deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has flown to El Salvador to seek answers over the contested deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM

Trump administration faces possible contempt over deportation flights: Analysis

Former Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur provides analysis on the Trump administration facing a possible contempt investigation over its failure to turn deportation flights around.
April 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
VIDEO: Trump administration faces possible contempt over deportation flights: Analysis
April 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM

DHS demands 'detailed records' of student visa holders at Harvard

The Department of Homeland Security is demanding "detailed records" on Harvard University's student visa holders, according to a statement from the department.
April 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference to announce the re-launch of the VOICE office at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters, April 9, 2025, in Washington.
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM

Judge escalates battle with Trump administration over deportation flights

A federal judge is threatening to open a high-stakes contempt investigation into the Trump administration for deporting more than 200 Venezuelan migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
VIDEO: Judge escalates battle with Trump administration over deportation flights
April 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM

DOJ plans to appeal Abrego Garcia ruling, releases documents it says tie him to gang

The Justice Department has released two documents that were used to allegedly tie wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the MS-13 gang.
April 17, 2025 at 12:57 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.
April 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM

Senator heads to El Salvador to find migrant deported erroneously by Trump

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has flown to El Salvador to seek answers over the contested deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks during a press conference in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, April 16, 2025.
April 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM

Nearly deported man says he was mistakenly detained by ICE

ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos speaks to Adrian Gil Rojas, who has legal status in the U.S., and claims he was mistakenly detained by ICE officials and nearly sent to El Salvador's maximum security prison.
April 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
VIDEO: Nearly deported man says he was mistakenly detained by ICE
April 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM

Administration likely acted in contempt by not returning deportation flights: Judge

A judge found probable cause the Trump administration acted in contempt of court when officials defied his order to turn two planes around carrying alleged gang members.
April 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
President Donald Trump in Washington, April 14, 2025 and James Boasberg, chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
April 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Lawyer for wrongly deported Maryland man says returning him might take contempt order

A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador, said it might take a contempt order to prompt U.S. officials to get him back.
April 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025, shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM

Judge hears case of IRS sharing data with DHS

The IRS and Department of Homeland Security have reached a data-sharing agreement to support the Trump administration's immigration enforcement agenda, according to a court filing in early April.
April 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
VIDEO: Judge hears case of IRS sharing data with DHS
April 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM

Democratic senator travels to El Salvador to find wrongly deported Maryland man

Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he hopes to speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he hopes to speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM

Administration likely acted in contempt by not returning deportation flights: Judge

A judge found probable cause the Trump administration acted in contempt of court when officials defied his order to turn two planes around carrying alleged gang members.
April 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
VIDEO: Administration likely acted in contempt by not returning deportation flights: Judge
April 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM

Abrego Garcia case 'should be alarming to all of us,' says former DOJ attorney

Liz Oyer, former pardon attorney at the DOJ, discusses Abrego Garcia case as judge orders Trump administration officials to testify under oath.
April 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
VIDEO: Abrego Garcia case 'should be alarming to all of us,' says former DOJ attorney
April 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers say DHS relied on 'tabloids' as evidence

ABC News has reviewed over 100 pages of evidence submitted in immigration court by both DHS lawyers and those representing Mahmoud Khalil.
April 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, in New York City, June 1, 2024.
April 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM

High-stakes hearing in deportation standoff

A federal judge is giving the Trump administration two weeks to hand over information on what it has done to comply with the Supreme Court’s order to facilitate the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
VIDEO: High-stakes hearing in deportation standoff
April 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM

Judge in Abrego Garcia case orders officials to testify under oath

The federal judge overseeing the wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia said she will order expedited discovery in order to "apply the law to the facts."
April 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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.
April 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM

GOP Sen. Grassley pressed about Trump, deportations and due process at town hall 

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was grilled at a town hall in Iowa on Tuesday over concerns with the Trump administration’s deportation operation, tariff policies and government overreach.
April 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was grilled at a town hall in Iowa on Tuesday over concerns with the Trump administration’s deportation operation, tariff policies and government overreach.
April 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM

Federal judge hears arguments in case of wrongly deported men

The federal judge overseeing the wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia said she will order expedited discovery in order to "apply the law to the facts."
April 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
VIDEO: Federal judge hears arguments in case of wrongly deported men
April 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM

To stop migrants, US Army to take control of some of border with Mexico

Calling it an extension of a military base, critics say, skirts federal law.
April 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
U.S Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, assigned to Joint Task Force - Southern Border patrol along the southern border, at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 23, 2025.
April 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Columbia student arrested by ICE was one step from citizenship, lawyer says

Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested during the interview and detained in Vermont, Luna Droubi, one of his attorneys, told ABC News.
April 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Columbia student and Palestinian Mohsen Madawi being arrested during a visit to the immigration office in Colchester, VT, April 14, 2025.
April 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM

International students sue after Trump administration terminates their legal status

A group of international students are seeking relief from deportation in court after their F-1 student visas were revoked, jeopardizing their legal status in the U.S.
April 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Aerial of downtown Detroit, Michigan
April 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Trump threatens to send ‘homegrown criminals’ to El Salvador prison

Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary of public affairs for the Department of Homeland Security, answers questions on recent Trump administration actions.
April 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
VIDEO: Trump threatens to send ‘homegrown criminals’ to El Salvador prison
April 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Maryland judge to hold hearing on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to US

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer and Katherine Faulders discuss President Donald Trump’s threats to send “homegrown criminals” to the El Salvadoran prison and Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s upcoming hearing.
April 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
VIDEO: Maryland judge to hold hearing on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to US
April 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM

White House memo gives military control over huge sections of US-Mexico border

President Donald Trump sent a presidential memorandum to Cabinet secretaries directing them to devise a plan to take jurisdiction over federal lands to combat illegal border crossings.
April 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
VIDEO: White House memo gives military control over huge sections of US-Mexico border
April 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM

US and El Salvador double down on mistakenly deported man despite court order

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said during a meeting at the White House that he will not return Kilmar Abrego García, a migrant from Maryland who was wrongfully deported.
April 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
VIDEO: US and El Salvador double down on mistakenly deported man despite court order
April 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM

El Salvador's Bukele, beside Trump, says he won't return migrant wrongfully deported

Trump hosted El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, the self-described "world's coolest dictator" who is a key ally in the administration's controversial migrant deportations.
April 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, April 14, 2025.