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The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Homeland Security

FEMA Acting Chief Ousted After Opposing Agency Dismantling Plan

DHS' Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem decided to remove Hamilton and appoint David Richardson as his replacement, effective immediately. However, she did not provide a reason for Hamilton's dismissal.

International Business Times

Russian man given asylum in US caught on stolen $2.5m yacht following dramatic boat chase

Nickolai Vilkov, 29, spent the night on the 66-foot vessel, before attempting the daring escape from the marina on Monday afternoon.

The Independent UK

US reportedly planning to deport migrants to Libya despite ‘clear’ violation of court order

Judge confirms move would breach order as Libya’s rival governments say both would refuse any US deportees

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Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country

The Department of Homeland Security claims payments will be issued after individuals leave the US, but immigrants' rights lawyers and advocates are sceptical.

Euronews

“We’re Citizens!”: Family Left “Traumatized” After ICE Agents Raid Wrong Home And Take Life Savings

The federal agents were searching for eight Guatemalan nationals indicted in a federal case but instead found a terrified mother and her three daughters.

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Venezuelan Two-Year-Old in U.S. Custody After Parents Get Abruptly Deported to Different Countries

Yorely Bernal Inciarte and Maiker Espinoza Escalona were deported to Venezuela and El Salvador, but their child remains in the U.S. foster care system.

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‘I don’t have a place to self-deport to’: US citizen and lawyer gets DHS letter telling him to get out of America

Lawyer who received notice to self-deport was born in the US

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s ‘efficiency’ team is quietly building a vast immigration tracking database

In the last few months DOGE has pursued immigration-related data across the Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, Rhian Lubin reports

The Independent UK

Harvard researcher held in Louisiana awaits judge's decision on deportation to Russia

Russian-born scientist Kseniia Petrova has been detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement since February when she failed to declare frog embryo samples at Boston's Logan Airport

The Independent UK

Texas universities say Trump administration restored immigration status of some international students

More than 250 students in Texas had their status revoked in recent weeks. Despite the reversal, federal attorneys say they’re developing policies to resume terminations.

The Texas Tribune

Friday briefing: What is the human cost of Trump’s immigration crackdown?

In today’s newsletter: The new US hardline policies have sparked widespread fear and controversy, as families, students, and tourists face arbitrary detention and deportation

The Guardian - UK

Civil rights groups sue to restore jobs at Homeland Security oversight offices that were gutted

Three advocacy groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem, seeking to restore staff jobs at three gutted offices that oversee civil rights protections across the department’s broad mission

The Independent UK

Department of Homeland Security points to another agency when asked about court-barred deportations

Attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security say the agency didn’t violate a judge’s order detailing when people may be deported to countries other than their own because it was the Defense Department — not DHS officials — doing the deporting

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Latin Times

Venezuelan Man Was Told His Brother Was Deported to 'His Country of Origin.' Officials Later Confirmed He Was Sent to El Salvador

Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel's family only learned his whereabouts after the Department of Homeland Security responded to a request from NBC News.

The Conversation

From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance

A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board reported an unusual spike in potentially sensitive data flowing out of the agency’s network in early March 2025 when staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, which goes by DOGE, were granted access to the agency’s databases. On April 7, the Department…

The Independent UK

US citizen detained for 10 days after he was wrongly arrested at border

Jose Hermosillo’s family members said ‘he probably would have been deported already to Mexico’ if they hadn’t shown border officials his ID

The Independent UK

DOGE gets permission to access sensitive Justice Department immigration data

DOGE reportedly using agency data to construct master system to track and surveil immigrants

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Latin Times

DHS Stands by Claims That Abrego Garcia is MS-13 Posts 'Bombshell' Report That 'Reeks of Human Trafficking'

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a new report alleging that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang

Latin Times

Arizona Attorney Slams Trump Admin's 'True Recklessness' After Being Wrongly Ordered to Self-Deport

An Arizona immigration lawyer born in Boston was mistakenly ordered to self-deport by DHS.

The Guardian - US

Indonesian student detained by Ice after US secretly revokes his visa

Aditya Wahyu Harsono, father of infant with special needs, surprised at work despite valid visa through June 2026

The Independent UK

ACLU makes emergency bid to Supreme Court to halt ‘imminent’ new wave of deportations under Alien Enemies Act

The lawyers warned that the migrants’ deportation could be ‘imminent’

Al Jazeera

US revokes nearly 1,700 student visas: Who are the targets?

Hundreds of students have had their visas cancelled and find themselves in limbo. Some have been arrested.

Latin Times

Department of Homeland Security Is Now Demanding Harvard University To Share 'Detailed Records' Of Student Visa Holders

The Department of Homeland Security is demanding "detailed records" on Harvard's student visa holders as the feud between the institution and the Trump administration escalates

The Guardian - US

Foreign students sue Trump officials over revoked visas as 1,000 affected

Actions by state department to terminate students’ legal status place them at risk of deportation and detention

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