The Trump administration has arranged a flight to send dozens of Afghan immigrants back to Afghanistan, despite the risk of persecution by the Taliban.
On Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said officers across 15 states had stopped more than 1,000 commercial trucks and arrested about 40 immigrant drivers, including some with serious criminal charges.
The Trump administration’s campaign to identify and charge immigrants in connection with voting violations has led to fears of being jailed, or deported.
The Trump administration has intensified pressure on states to identify noncitizens who are voting. Election officials say the government’s system is flawed.
Lawyers for the children praised the pause on fast-tracked interviews of unaccompanied minors, calling it a blow against the Trump administration’s “deportation assembly line.”
The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan.
The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan.
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