Jasmine Garst
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Self-deportation has been a pillar of the Trump administration's immigration policy. They've said so themselves. They've encouraged self-deportation. They've pumped a lot of money into ads in the English language market and Spanish language market, encouraging people to self-deport.
Self-deportation has been a pillar of the Trump administration's immigration policy. They've said so themselves. They've encouraged self-deportation. They've pumped a lot of money into ads in the English language market and Spanish language market, encouraging people to self-deport.
I think as an immigration reporter who's been covering this for years, I just have never heard so many immigrant families talking about self-deportation, like considering it and talking like a scramble to get kids their passports. That is very real.
I think as an immigration reporter who's been covering this for years, I just have never heard so many immigrant families talking about self-deportation, like considering it and talking like a scramble to get kids their passports. That is very real.
I think as an immigration reporter who's been covering this for years, I just have never heard so many immigrant families talking about self-deportation, like considering it and talking like a scramble to get kids their passports. That is very real.
She has two girls that are in school, just really bright girls. One of them is just this delightful six-year-old girl who wants to be a mathematician or maybe a scientist. Education is a really important thing for this mom. And she's just like, I want my girls to access this education that they could not get in my country.
She has two girls that are in school, just really bright girls. One of them is just this delightful six-year-old girl who wants to be a mathematician or maybe a scientist. Education is a really important thing for this mom. And she's just like, I want my girls to access this education that they could not get in my country.
She has two girls that are in school, just really bright girls. One of them is just this delightful six-year-old girl who wants to be a mathematician or maybe a scientist. Education is a really important thing for this mom. And she's just like, I want my girls to access this education that they could not get in my country.
The mood was tense on Friday as federal judge Paolo Zini's chastised Justice Department lawyers. The hearing comes following Thursday's Supreme Court decision, which largely upheld Zini's original order to bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back to the U.S.
The mood was tense on Friday as federal judge Paolo Zini's chastised Justice Department lawyers. The hearing comes following Thursday's Supreme Court decision, which largely upheld Zini's original order to bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back to the U.S.
The Trump administration has asked for more time, arguing that the government needs, quote, a meaningful opportunity to review the Supreme Court's decision. In this latest hearing, Judge Ziniz reminded lawyers for the Justice Department that the government was prohibited from sending Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in the first place.
The Trump administration has asked for more time, arguing that the government needs, quote, a meaningful opportunity to review the Supreme Court's decision. In this latest hearing, Judge Ziniz reminded lawyers for the Justice Department that the government was prohibited from sending Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in the first place.
and demanding that they give her daily updates on efforts to secure his return. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York.
and demanding that they give her daily updates on efforts to secure his return. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York.
So the court's conservative majority didn't rule on the constitutionality of using the Alien Enemies Act to send migrants to a prison in El Salvador. Instead, the justices issued a narrow procedural ruling saying that the migrants' lawyers had filed their lawsuit in the wrong court.
So the court's conservative majority didn't rule on the constitutionality of using the Alien Enemies Act to send migrants to a prison in El Salvador. Instead, the justices issued a narrow procedural ruling saying that the migrants' lawyers had filed their lawsuit in the wrong court.
So the court's conservative majority didn't rule on the constitutionality of using the Alien Enemies Act to send migrants to a prison in El Salvador. Instead, the justices issued a narrow procedural ruling saying that the migrants' lawyers had filed their lawsuit in the wrong court.
When the Trump administration invoked this act, the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used wartime power, the ACLU challenged it, saying it's not legal. It denies people the right to fight the allegations in court. So what does this mean for the administration's immigration crackdown? So the Supreme Court backed the Trump administration.
When the Trump administration invoked this act, the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used wartime power, the ACLU challenged it, saying it's not legal. It denies people the right to fight the allegations in court. So what does this mean for the administration's immigration crackdown? So the Supreme Court backed the Trump administration.
When the Trump administration invoked this act, the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used wartime power, the ACLU challenged it, saying it's not legal. It denies people the right to fight the allegations in court. So what does this mean for the administration's immigration crackdown? So the Supreme Court backed the Trump administration.