The president has sent soldiers and federal agents to some cities, and promised to do the same in others, prompting lawsuits and stirring outrage among local leaders.
A court had ruled that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could not be sent back to his homeland, but now the administration sees a loophole. On Friday, Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers were told that he would be sent to the small African nation of Eswatini.
Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland urged elected Democrats at all levels of government to seize what he called a “unique opportunity” to go on the offensive with a message on crime reduction.
A judge in Maryland barred the Trump administration from immediately deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia until he had a chance to challenge the move.
The order expanded a previous one in April that barred the Trump administration from withholding federal funding to 16 cities and counties over their local laws.
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