Deportation

ICE allegedly accelerated Iranian deportations during US-Iran war, NIAC claims

“These documents expose an operation that demands answers from the highest levels of government,” said NIAC Policy Director Ryan Costello.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.
A graphic showing a Central Intelligence Agency logo on a phone in front of a US flag.

'They betrayed him': Former CIA informant who provided intelligence on bin Laden faces deportation

Blerim Skoro has maintained that US authorities promised him safety in return for his information, though he was deported upon his release in 2007 despite being married to an American.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Ramin Parsa holds his child in their family home in Israel

Iranian Christian dissident denied right to stay in Israel with his wife, child - interview

"Everything inside me began to change. I started thinking: maybe the people they hung from cranes were innocent too, like us. Maybe the people whose hands they cut off were also innocent."

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Demonstrators hold placards that read "Free Mohsen" in reference to Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, who was detained, as they gather at Foley Square in Manhattan, New York City, US, April 15, 2025.

Anti-Israel Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi fights deportation to Jordan

Mahdawi, who was arrested last April for undermining US foreign policy and government counter-antisemitism efforts with his pro-Palestinian campus activism, had been ordered removed to Jordan.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

Mahmoud Khalil downplays campus antisemitism, accuses students of 'participating in genocide'

Mahmoud Khalil accused Columbia University of creating a "manufactured public hysteria about antisemitism" and likened the school to a Nazi collaborationist government.

APRIL 8, 2025ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.

Trump admin. mistakenly deports Maryland father to one of El Salvador's harshest prisons

An "administrative error" saw a Maryland father deported to an El Salvador prison known for human rights violations.

APRIL 3, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
Salvadoran prison guards stand next to alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvad

Pro-Palestinian Cornell student to leave US after officials asked for surrender

The Cornell University student's attorneys said last month that he was asked to turn himself in and that his student visa was being revoked.

APRIL 1, 2025ByREUTERS
Risley Residential College, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Mahmoud Khalil issue: How Jews can pick sides in the antisemitism vs free speech debate - opinion

What side should we take in the debate of antisemitism vs. freedom of speech? Jews should imagine having this conversation with their grandparents and great-grandparents. 

MARCH 30, 2025ByELCHANAN POUPKO
Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.

US judge halts deportation of pro-Palestinian Turkish student at Tufts

A Massachusetts judge temporarily halted the deportation of a Turkish Tufts student detained after supporting Palestinians in Gaza.

MARCH 29, 2025ByREUTERS
Pro-Palestinian protesters and Class of 2024 graduates demonstrate outside of the Tufts University commencement.

Rubio says US may have revoked more than 300 visas

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas and warned that the Trump administration was looking every day for "these lunatics".

MARCH 28, 2025ByREUTERS
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, , U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, at Diriyah Palace

Trump administration detains Turkish student at Tufts, revokes visa

Fulbright scholar Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested days after writing on Palestinian rights.

MARCH 26, 2025ByREUTERS
A drone view shows the main campus of Tufts University, after the University said federal authorities have detained an international student studying at Tufts and have revoked their visa, in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., March 26, 2025.

Judge rules pro-Palestinian student and permanent US resident cannot be detained

Yunseo Chung has lived in the US since she was seven, and sued the Trump administration to prevent her deportation.

MARCH 26, 2025ByREUTERS
Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Nazis were treated better than Venezuelans deported by Trump, judge says at hearing

The Trump administration on March 15 deported more than 200 people to El Salvador, where they are being detained in the country's massive anti-terrorism prison.

MARCH 24, 2025ByREUTERS
Venezuelan migrants arrive on a flight after being deported from the United States, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 24, 2025.

Indian doctoral candidate leaves US after student visa revoked over alleged pro-Hamas activities

The Department of Homeland Security also announced the arrest of a Palestinian student.

MARCH 14, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Police officers detain a protester inside Trump Tower during a rally against the ICE detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2025.