Rachel Abrams

But I just want to be clear in understanding sort of what's different here because the U.S. has been doing a version of this recently. In recent years in Mexico, we deport non-Mexicans to Mexico. So how is this different exactly?

What do you mean by that?

What do you mean by that?

So in other words, Trump doesn't necessarily have to come out and threaten them. They're looking at what's happened with all these other countries and thinking like, what's going to happen to us if we don't take this plane full of people?

So in other words, Trump doesn't necessarily have to come out and threaten them. They're looking at what's happened with all these other countries and thinking like, what's going to happen to us if we don't take this plane full of people?

Okay, so for Panama, and presumably anybody else that makes this sort of agreement, they've agreed to accept these flights. What does that mean for the people who were actually sent there?

Okay, so for Panama, and presumably anybody else that makes this sort of agreement, they've agreed to accept these flights. What does that mean for the people who were actually sent there?

And just to be clear, is it legal to take somebody who's come to the U.S. seeking asylum and basically drop them somewhere entirely different with a different asylum system and possibly different set of rights?

And just to be clear, is it legal to take somebody who's come to the U.S. seeking asylum and basically drop them somewhere entirely different with a different asylum system and possibly different set of rights?

And presumably take a very long time while the Trump administration expands this program with other countries?

And presumably take a very long time while the Trump administration expands this program with other countries?

What do you mean by that?

What do you mean by that?

You know, I really have to say that just the idea that we would take somebody that crossed into the United States from one continent and deport them to an entirely different continent where they don't know anyone, speak the language, have any resources, that just seems like a much more extreme tactic than anything I've ever heard of discussed with U.S. immigration policy.

You know, I really have to say that just the idea that we would take somebody that crossed into the United States from one continent and deport them to an entirely different continent where they don't know anyone, speak the language, have any resources, that just seems like a much more extreme tactic than anything I've ever heard of discussed with U.S. immigration policy.

Hamid, thank you so much.

Hamid, thank you so much.

Here's what else you need to know today. On Saturday, Elon Musk alarmed workers across the federal government with an email that asked them to summarize what they'd accomplished last week. And on social media, he warned that a failure to reply would be taken as a resignation.

Here's what else you need to know today. On Saturday, Elon Musk alarmed workers across the federal government with an email that asked them to summarize what they'd accomplished last week. And on social media, he warned that a failure to reply would be taken as a resignation.

But on Sunday, some Trump-appointed agency leaders pushed back, including the FBI director, Kash Patel, and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who told employees not to respond at all. The pushback marks the first significant test of how far Elon Musk's power will extend.