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Axios reports: The government of El Salvador denied a request from Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to see or speak to his Maryland constituent who was mistakenly deported there, the senator said during a visit to the country on Wednesday. Van Hollen told reporters he asked El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa during a meeting Wednesday why Abrego Garcia is …

Mediaite reports: With the most punitive of his tariffs on hold for now, President Donald Trump is focusing his ire on sanctuary cities, saying he’s working on yanking federal funding for any municipalities that limit cooperation with government immigration enforcement. Last month, Trump called for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg, who ordered the White House to cease deporting migrants …

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a victory on Monday by letting him use a 1798 law that historically has been employed only in wartime to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of the Republican president’s hardline approach to immigration. The court granted the administration’s request to lift Washington-based U.S. Judge James Boasberg’s March 15 …

Suburban Chicago’s Daily Herald reports: An electronic sign outside a Palatine church has sparked controversy with its use of metaphorical immigration-related language. “Heaven has strict immigration laws, hell has open borders,” reads the sign at New Hope Community Church. The church is near Winston Campus Middle School, 900 E. Palatine Road, which has a substantial Hispanic student population. The relationship …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump’s incoming presidential administration plans to launch a large immigration raid in Chicago the day after he takes office, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing four people familiar with planning. The raid, expected to start on Tuesday, would last all week, the newspaper said, adding that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) would send between …