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Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador

Ten Americans and permanent U.S. residents detained in Venezuela were traded for more than 250 Venezuelans expelled from the U.S. and imprisoned in El Salvador.

Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration

The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.

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Mswati III, King of Eswatini, addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2023.

The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center

Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication.

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Florida raced to open the Everglades detention center on July 3, eager to help President Trump’s immigration crackdown by providing more detention capacity.

Trump Administration Resumes Deportation Flights, Sending Migrants to Eswatini

The five migrants on the latest flight, all from different countries, were sent to Eswatini, a small nation in southern Africa.

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Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, called the five migrants deported to the African nation of Eswatini “uniquely barbaric” in a social media post.

Trump threatens to strip Rosie O’Donnell of U.S. citizenship.

The president called Ms. O’Donnell, who moved to Ireland a a “threat to humanity” and said she should stay in Ireland, where she moved to in January after Mr. Trump won a second term.

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Rosie O’Donnell in Dublin.

ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds

After the passage of President Trump’s domestic policy law, the Department of Homeland Security is poised to hire thousands of new immigration agents and double detention space.

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An ICE officer wearing a mask.

Immigration Arrests in Los Angeles Spike Amid Aggressive Enforcement

Nearly 3,000 people have been arrested since the beginning of June, more than three times the number in previous months this year.

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Since the beginning of June, Department of Homeland Security agents and officers have arrested nearly 2,800 immigrants in the Los Angeles area, according to the agency.

Trump Administration Ends Deportation Protections for Hondurans and Nicaraguans

The decision by the Homeland Security Department to end protections for migrants from those countries goes into effect in about two months.

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Immigration advocates attending a vigil outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Miami in June 2023.

Trump Administration Ends Deportation Protections for Hondurans and Nicaraguans

The decision by the Homeland Security Department to end protections for migrants from those countries goes into effect in about two months.

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Immigration advocates attending a vigil outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Miami in June 2023.

U.S. Turns Eight Migrants Over to South Sudan, Ending Weeks of Legal Limbo

Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.

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U.S. military base Camp Lemonnier last year. After being held in Djibouti for weeks, eight men were deported to South Sudan.

U.S. Turns Eight Migrants Over to South Sudan, Ending Weeks of Legal Limbo

Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.

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U.S. military base Camp Lemonnier last year. After being held in Djibouti for weeks, eight men were deported to South Sudan.
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