Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine publicly broke with President Trump on Haitian deportations this week, arguing that the roughly 30,000 Haitians in his state holding Temporary Protected Status should not be removed, even after the Supreme Court cleared the way for their deportation.
Senate Democrats tried to push through sweeping legislation Wednesday that would have granted green cards to migrants in the United States under Temporary Protected Status, including people who had already been deported. Republicans blocked it in minutes.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he revoked the legal status of Laotian national Tou Lue Vang after he was pardoned by Governor Tim Walz (D-MN).
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal immigration officers can place legal permanent residents in a legal limbo known as "parole" when they return to the United States after leaving while facing criminal charges, a 6-3 decision that expands the government's ability to deport them if they are later convicted.
The Tennessee Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make it a state crime for illegal immigrants to remain in the Volunteer State after a federal deportation order, setting up a potential showdown with federal immigration law.
A federal appeals court stepped in Wednesday to block a lower court order that would have gutted the Trump administration's program to deport criminal illegal immigrants to third countries, granting the administration a last-minute reprieve just hours before the ruling was set to take effect.
A California school board member is defending her comments that deporting children in the country illegally improves the quality of education for American and legal immigrant students, triggering backlash from the left and national attention.
Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to return illegal immigrants from Venezuela deported under the Alien Enemies Act to return to the United States.
