Ximena Bustillo

Serving the people of Montana in the U.S.

House and the U.S.

Senate the past 13 years has been the greatest honor of my professional career.

After much careful thought, he actually orchestrated...

The committee's ranking member, Democrat Jamie Raskin, was one of several who pressed Secretary Noem over her labeling of two citizens killed as, quote, domestic terrorists after their deaths.

There was a large split between Republicans and Democrats over whether immigration enforcement tactics have gone too far.

Meanwhile, lawmakers are still trying to negotiate a deal to fund Nome's department.

DHS is in the third week of a shutdown, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal workers are working without pay or furloughed.

Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.

The new policy from the Homeland Security Department says immigrants who came to the U.S.

as refugees could be detained if they do not have their green cards within a year of arriving.

Refugees are already required to apply for green cards, but this new policy makes not having the green card a reason for deportation and states that refugees may be placed in detention while their applications are being reviewed.

Refugee resettlement groups estimate thousands could be affected, mostly those who entered under the Biden administration.

Last year, the Trump administration cut off key funding to organizations that assist refugees, including with services that help with green card applications.

Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.

In her order, Judge Palazzini says that she has no reason to believe that immigration officers plan to swiftly deport Abrego Garcia.

So to avoid his indefinite detention, she ordered that he must remain out of detention while his various cases play out in court.

Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador last year, an order returned by Xenies.

The Trump administration brought him back to the U.S.

months later, where he now faces federal human smuggling charges.