Leila Fadli

I'm Leila Fadil, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News.

Lawmakers are far from satisfied with the limited number of Epstein files released in time for a legal deadline.

That's one of several developments over the weekend in the U.S.

campaign against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

The U.S.

is trying to enforce a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela.

The DOJ changed some of its redactions.

That means people were able to read files that were originally blacked out.

Lawmakers criticized the department for missing its deadline to release all the files.

Some are threatening to hold Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt.

And NPR has found those absences are leading to a rise in deportation cases.

People lose their cases in absentia without coming to court to argue their cases.

Immigration courts are under pressure.

Fire judges, immigration agents milling about in hallways to make arrests.

And some people deported to countries they've never lived in.

And I'm Leila Faudel.

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