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News Articles: Deportation

Rodney Taylor and his wife Mildred spoke publicly May 11th, 2026 for the first time since he was released after 15 months in ICE custody. Amanda Andrews/GPB News

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  • News

'Continue fighting': Georgia barber released after 15 months in ICE custody calls for systemic change

Rodney Taylor celebrated his release with family and immigration advocates alike, but he said there is a lot more work to be done around immigration law. 

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2026.

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  • Politics

Border czar promises 'mass deportations are coming' to fulfill Trump's promises

The remarks contrast with Border Czar Tom Homan's softer messaging earlier this year, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officials in Minneapolis.

May 07, 2026
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Zoila Guerra Sandoval, mother of the child of José Mynor López, one of the workers killed in the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, stands above downtown Baltimore in the office of Eldridge Crandell Law Firm, in Baltimore, on April 22, 2026.

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  • USPS

DHS starts deportation of woman whose loved one died in the Baltimore bridge collapse

The mother's story is a stark example of how immigration policy can change drastically with each administration — and transform the lives of immigrants.

April 24, 2026
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Downtown Social Circle, Georgia. The Department of Homeland Security recently bought a warehouse in the city to use for immigrant detention.

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  • Law

ICE bought a warehouse in Social Circle, Ga. The city wishes it hadn't

Communities across the country have been shocked to learn that the Department of Homeland Security wants to use warehouses in their towns for detention space amid the ongoing immigration crackdown. The small Georgia town of Social Circle is one of them.

February 13, 2026
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Immigration detainees being held in the Stewart Detention Center in south Georgia have a filed a federal lawsuit against the for-profit company that operates the 2,000-bed facility, citing “deplorable conditions” inside the prison. LEDGER-ENQUIRER FILE PHOTO

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  • Law

Trump's immigration crackdown is straining federal courts. Judges are raising the alarm

Federal judges around the country are scrambling to address a deluge of lawsuits from immigrants locked up under the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.

February 10, 2026
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By:
  • Associated Press and
  • Grant Blankenship
Kilmar Abrego Garcia enters a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in August 2025 in Baltimore after he was returned to the U.S. from El Salvador.

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  • USPS

His mistaken deportation was thought to be unique. But 'the problem is getting worse'

Immigration lawyers said Kilmar Abrego Garcia's landmark case highlights the pitfalls with the speed and scale of the Trump administration's goal of mass deportations.

February 03, 2026
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A Paraguayan woman whose relative was detained by federal agents scuffles with officers in the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on in New York City in July 2025.

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  • USPS

NPR analysis shows skyrocketing number of 'no-shows' in immigration court

More immigrants are not showing up for their mandatory immigration court hearings compared to prior years, an NPR analysis shows, allowing the government to order their immediate deportation.

December 22, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Rahul Mukherjee
A screenshot from a 2021 video taken by Guan Heng shows what he said was a detention center in the Xinjiang region of China.

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  • News

A Chinese man who filmed secret footage in Xinjiang risks deportation from the U.S.

Guan Heng sailed to the U.S. by boat from the Bahamas after publishing footage he filmed of purported detention camps in China. He has been held in immigration detention since August.

December 17, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Flames and smoke billow from buildings during mass Russian drones and missile strikes on Ukraine's capital in July 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  • USPS

U.S. deports dozens of migrants to Ukraine amid war

Immigration lawyers say those deported to Ukraine could be conscripted to fight in the war, contrary to international laws that prohibit deportations to places where people could face violence.

November 18, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Polina Lytvynova
Federal agents stand outside an immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits federal building in New York in September 2025.

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  • USPS

The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds

NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of dismissals.

November 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Anusha Mathur
People watch a TV screen showing the live broadcast of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's press conference at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday.

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  • World

Hundreds of South Koreans arrested in a U.S. immigration raid are being sent home

U.S. immigration authorities are preparing to send more than 300 South Korean workers home on a chartered flight from Atlanta, a week after detaining them for allegedly working illegally.

September 11, 2025
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookeville, Tenn.

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  • National

US seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda

Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica, according to a Saturday court filing.

August 23, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi arrive to speak at the Department of Justice on March 14, 2025.

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  • Law

Fired Justice Department lawyer accuses agency of planning to defy court orders

The accusations from a veteran government lawyer add to broader concern about the Trump administration's repeated clashes with the judiciary.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
A United States Air Force Boeing C-17 used for deportation flights is pictured at Biggs Army Airfield in Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas in February 2025.

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  • USPS

U.S. Supreme Court allows -- for now -- third-country deportations

A federal judge had previously said people must get at least 15 days to challenge their deportations to countries they're not originally from.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Federal agents wait outside an immigration courtroom at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York on June 10, 2025.

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  • USPS

ICE's novel strategy allows for more arrests from inside immigration courts

The Trump administration has a novel strategy to boost arrests and reduce courts' backlog: dismissing people's immigration cases and immediately arresting them.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
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