The hidden REAL ID hassles facing airline travelers as states scramble to meet deadline
With the deadline for REAL ID approaching in less than a week, some states — and some people — may be more prepared than others. Americans have been speaking out about their experiences as they try to obtain a REAL ID. In some cases, people have chosen not to get the new form of identification. The REAL ID requirement takes effect May 7, when Americans must have the new identification in order to fly domestically. DMVs across the country are reportedly working to meet demand, with some implementing Saturday REAL...
Trump officials deny U.S. citizen children were ‘deported’ to Honduras
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, insisted Sunday that the Trump administration did not “deport” American children to Honduras — arguing that the White House sent the children to the country because their mothers, who were being deported, wished to bring them.
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported a two-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with “no meaningful process,” even as the child’s father was frantically petitioning the courts to keep her in the country.
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, said the child — identified in court papers by the initials “V.M.L.” — appeared to have been released in Honduras earlier Friday, along with her Honduran-born mother and sister, who had been detained by immigration officials earlier in the week.
Judge says US citizen, 2, may have been deported without 'meaningful process'
A federal judge has said that a two-year-old US citizen may have been deported to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister without due process, amid the Trump administration's drive to ramp up deportations.
In a court filing, Judge Terry Doughty said that there was "strong suspicion" that the child - identified only as VML - was deported "with no meaningful process".
The Louisiana-born child and her family members were apprehended during a routine appointment at a New Orleans immigration office on 22 April, according to the document.
Judge demands answers after 2-year-old U.S. citizen is deported
A federal judge bashed the Trump administration Friday for what he said may have been the deportation of a 2-year-old U.S. citizen.
Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee to the court in Louisiana, said he had a “strong suspicion that the government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.”
The case touches on a thorny area of deportation in which parental rights clash with those of U.S. citizen children.
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
According to their lawyers, both families were taken into custody while attending routine check-ins this week in New Orleans as part of the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, which allows individuals to remain in their communities while undergoing immigration proceedings. Lawyers say the families were taken to Alexandria, Louisiana, a three-hour drive from New Orleans, where they were prevented from communicating with their family members and legal representatives and then put on a flight to Honduras.
2 Chicago students charged with assault in Denmark after alleged Uber driver altercation
Two college students, both United States citizens from the Chicago area, were have been charged with assault while visiting Denmark on their spring break, according to a statement by Copenhagen police.
Owen Ray, a 19-year-old studying at the University of Miami in Ohio, and his unnamed friend were detained at Copenhagen Airport on April 1 over an alleged dispute with an Uber driver the night prior, Jordan Finfer, a U.S.-based attorney for Ray's family, told ABC News.
US and Russia swap prisoners in deal that released Ksenia Karelina
Russian-American woman Ksenia Karelina, who was serving a 12-year prison sentence for treason in Russia, was released as part of a prisoner exchange that saw her swapped for an accused smuggler held in the US.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X early on Thursday that Karelina had been released and was on her way to the United States.
“American Ksenia Karelina is on a plane back home to the United States. She was wrongfully detained by Russia for over a year and President Trump secured her release,” Rubio said on X.
U.S. and Russia Swap Prisoners in Deal Arranged by Intelligence Agencies
Russia and the U.S. carried out a prisoner swap early Thursday in Abu Dhabi in a sign of continuing confidence building, as the two sides pursue a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina released in prisoner swap — after she was sentenced to 12 years in penal colony
Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina was released from Kremlin custody in a prisoner swap with the United States Thursday morning.
Karelina was freed in exchange for German-Russian Arthur Petrov at a swap in Abu Dhabi, the Wall Street Journal reported.
“American Ksenia Karelina is on a plane back home to the United States,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
“She was wrongfully detained by Russia for over a year and President Trump secured her release. @POTUS will continue to work for the release of ALL Americans,” he added.