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Who reports on the Supreme Court's block on Venezuelan deportations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan men under an old wartime statute which allows the federal government to fast-track deportations for foreigners deemed a threat by authorities. NPR's Juliana Kim reports.
The Supreme Court brief came early Saturday morning. It ordered the Trump administration to halt deportations for Venezuelans held in a detention center in northern Texas. The Trump administration accuses the group of men of being gang members.
The Supreme Court stepped in after the American Civil Liberties Union alerted them that immigration authorities were moving to quickly prepare removals under the Alien Enemies Act, despite the Supreme Court placing restrictions on how it can use the law. Some hundred migrants have already been deported under the wartime statute, according to federal officials.
That includes a group of men who were taken to prison in El Salvador. Juliana Kim, NPR News.
President Trump says he will allow commercial fishing in one of the world's largest ocean reserves. As NPR's Julia Simon reports, the area west of Hawaii has many endangered species.
Endangered whales and sea turtles, tropical seabirds and black coral live in the vast area in the Pacific. President George W. Bush originally established the monument and President Obama expanded it. While the Trump administration argues that this move to open the area for commercial fishing will help that industry, some ecologists argue the opposite.
That's because protected areas can allow space for fish to spawn more successfully. Julia Simon, NPR News.
The Trump administration has canceled the construction of a multi-billion dollar offshore wind project near Long Island that's being designed to supply electricity to half a million customers. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the project needs more study. That is approval by the Biden administration had been rushed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's ordered his military to observe an Easter Day ceasefire in Ukraine and has called on Ukrainian forces to do the same. NPR's Charles Maines reports from Moscow.
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