Judge blocks Trump from deploying California National Guard troops to Oregon

(FILE). Members of the California National Guard stationed in front of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, US. June 09, 2025. EFE/EPA/ALLISON DINNER

Los Angeles, US (EFE).- A United States federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy 300 California National Guard soldiers to Oregon to quell protests over federal immigration raids. Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, issued the ruling in response to a motion filed by the state of California. The decision came two … Read more

Trump asks Supreme Court to revoke legal status of hundreds of migrants in US

US President Donald Trump. May 8, 2025. EFE/EPA/BONNIE CASH / POOL

Los Angeles, US, (EFE).- Donald Trump’s administration asked the United States Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to revoke the legal status of hundreds of migrants granted by Joe Biden’s former administration. The document, filed by Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security, asks the courts to halt the order issued by Massachusetts Judge Indira … Read more

US immigration chief envisions Amazon-like system to speed up deportations

(FILE). Deportees arrive on a US military plane at the Armando Escalon air base in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Friday. January 31, 2025. EFE/Jose Valle

San Antonio, US (EFE).- United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons said Wednesday that he wants to streamline the deportation process in the same way Amazon efficiently delivers packages across the US. “We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Lyons said at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona. … Read more

Trump calls deportees ‘monsters’, thanks Bukele for support in crackdown

Photo provided by the Presidency of El Salvador of guards from the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) transferring alleged members of the criminal gang known as Tren de Aragua on Sunday, in San Luis Talpa. Mar. 16, 2025. EFE/ Presidency of El Salvador /EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACCOMPANYING NEWS (MANDATORY CREDIT)

Washington, Mar. 16 (EFE).- President Donald Trump’s administration has deported approximately 250 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, a controversial 1798 law last invoked during World War II. Photo provided by the Presidency of El Salvador of guards from the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) … Read more

Trump administration launches war against migrant sanctuaries in Chicago

US President Donald Trump leaves the White House after a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, in Washington, DC, US, 07 February 2025. EFE/EPA/WILL OLIVER

By Jorge Mederos Miami, Feb 7 (EFE).- The second Trump administration launched on Thursday its new war against the sanctuary cities in the United States by ordering the withholding of federal funds destined to help migrants in Chicago, Illinois. Sanctuary cities, counties, and states are jurisdictions that limit their cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement … Read more

Sunak defends controversial migrant bill, UN expresses concern

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs his official residence at 10 Downing Street to appear at Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) at Parliament in London, Britain, 08 March 2023. EFE/EPA/ISABEL INFANTES

London, Mar 8 (EFE).- The United Kingdom prime minister on Wednesday defended his government’s controversial migration bill, which aims to scrap the right to asylum for migrants who arrive in the country in small boats and speed up their deportation. Rishi Sunak, leader of the Conservative Party government, said the plans were being drawn up … Read more