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Wrongly Deported, DOGE And Agency Data, Harvard Defies The White House
15 Apr 2025
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele says he has no plans to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, an NPR report details unusual data events at the National Labor Relations Board, and Harvard University says that it won't comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Brett Neely, Steven Drummond, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Janaya Williams. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Carla Esteves, Ashley Montgomery, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent. And our technical director is David Greenburg. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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The Trump administration seems to have no plans to bring back a Maryland man mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador.
Why don't you just say, isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country?
Is the administration defying the Supreme Court? I'm Michelle Martin, that's Leila Fadl, and this is Up First from NPR News. A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board tells NPR that after Doge, Elon Musk's cost-cutting group, gained access to their servers, records were deleted and security tools were deactivated.
That doesn't just happen. Logs don't just disappear. Tools don't just turn themselves off randomly.
Was the agency's data compromised? And Harvard says it won't let the Trump administration dictate what it teaches, who it hires, or who it admits. It's risking billions of dollars in federal funds by defying the demands. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
Despite a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to a Salvadoran prison, the White House appears to have no intention of doing that.
Why don't you just say, isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country? Why can't you just say that?
And Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele says he doesn't plan to release the man either.
The Trump administration has accused Kilmar Abrego-Garcia of being a gang member. His attorney says that is not true and there's been no evidence presented publicly to support that. The Salvadoran president was in the Oval Office yesterday meeting with President Trump.
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