WASHINGTON — Migrant rights lawyers revealed Wednesday that people detained in the United States have been informed by authorities of their upcoming deportation to Libya, a country they are not from. The U.S. government is seeking to implement this …
His family members, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation, said he was pleading with immigration officials to be sent to Mexico on Tuesday, only about 160km from where he was detained. "He's literally closer to his hometown in …
Senate President Francis Escudero yesterday condemned the United States’ plan to send Asian immigrants, including Filipinos, facing deportation to Libya, calling it “cruel.” A US federal judge however temporarily halted the deportations of Asian migrants, …
A federal judge is warning the Trump administration against its plans to deport migrants in the U.S. to Libya. Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Abdulkader Assad, senior political editor at the Libya Observer, an independent online news …
The Trump administration may begin deporting migrants to Libya as soon as this week. Two U.S. officials said that these deportations would be operated by the U.S. military. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
Libya’s Tripoli-based government and the US have held talks about sharing billions of dollars in frozen Libyan state assets if the Trump administration helps unlock the funds, two sources familiar with the secret discussions told Middle East Eye. The Trump …
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that deporting noncitizens to Libya without due process would violate his existing court order, after sources said the White House has discussed such plans. Lawyers representing a group of migrants filed an emergency motion …
Immigration attorneys are asking a Massachusetts federal judge for an emergency temporary restraining order to stop the Trump administration from removing their clients to Libya and Saudi Arabia as soon as Wednesday, in a major new development in President …
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