Deportation

'60 Minutes' segment on Trump's deportations, CEGOT mega-prison leaks after being pulled by CBS

CBS pulled a “60 Minutes” report on El Salvador’s mega-prison hours before air, sparking claims of political censorship and debate over government influence on journalism.

The CBS Broadcast Center stands in Manhattan on September 13, 2018 in New York City.
IMMIGRATIONA AND Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents check the identity documents of a group of agricultural workers at a grocery store parking lot during an immigration raid in Mecca, California, US December 19, 2025.

Trump set to expand immigration crackdown in 2026 despite brewing backlash

 Ben Gurion Airport

Ghana and Israel go tit for tat deporting each others' citizens in diplomatic storm

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student from Turkey, speaks to reporters after urging a federal judge to order the Trump administration to restore her student visa record, outside the federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, US, December 4, 2025.

US judge questions Trump administration's continued targeting of pro-Palestinian Tufts student


Rubio says US may have revoked more than 300 visas

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas and warned that the Trump administration was looking every day for "these lunatics".

 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, , U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, at Diriyah Palace

Trump administration detains Turkish student at Tufts, revokes visa

Fulbright scholar Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested days after writing on Palestinian rights.

 A drone view shows the main campus of Tufts University, after the University said federal authorities have detained an international student studying at Tufts and have revoked their visa, in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., March 26, 2025.

Judge rules pro-Palestinian student and permanent US resident cannot be detained

Yunseo Chung has lived in the US since she was seven, and sued the Trump administration to prevent her deportation.

 Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Nazis were treated better than Venezuelans deported by Trump, judge says at hearing

The Trump administration on March 15 deported more than 200 people to El Salvador, where they are being detained in the country's massive anti-terrorism prison.

 Venezuelan migrants arrive on a flight after being deported from the United States, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 24, 2025.

Indian doctoral candidate leaves US after student visa revoked over alleged pro-Hamas activities

The Department of Homeland Security also announced the arrest of a Palestinian student.

Police officers detain a protester inside Trump Tower during a rally against the ICE detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2025.

US deports Russian man wanted for armed robbery, Moscow says

Koshelev, it said, had been part of a group that had stolen $1.5 million at gunpoint from a courier at St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport in 2014.

 Russian and US state flags fly near a factory in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019

Trump expresses anger over low deportation numbers

“It’s driving him nuts they’re not deporting more people,” said a source close to Trump.

 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his campaign rally at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, US, November 1, 2024.

Trump slaps retaliatory measures on Colombia after it turns away deportation flights

The measures include imposing emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the US; a travel ban and visa revocations on Colombian government officials; and Treasury and banking sanctions.

US President Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.

'We have to end it': Trump plans to abolish birthright citizenship in the US

In an interview, Trump discussed ending birthright citizenship and removing rights from those born in the country to undocumented parents, NBC News reported. 

US President Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.

Biden delays deporting Lebanese citizens from US over Hezbollah-Israel conflict

The deferred designation, which lasts 18 months, allows Lebanese citizens to remain in the country with the right to work, according to a memorandum Biden sent to the Department of Homeland Security.

 Smoke rises after after rockets fired from Lebanon hit open areas near the northern Israeli town of Katzrin, July 9, 2024.