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Trump administration resumes detention of immigrant families after Biden-era pause

By VALERIE GONZALEZ
Updated 6:24 PM CDT, March 12, 2025

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration resumed family detention of immigrants last week in a South Texas facility after a Biden-era pause, a legal nonprofit group providing services to migrant families said Wednesday.

Fourteen immigrant families with children as young as one year old were in the detention facility in Karnes County, Texas, about 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) southeast of San Antonio, according to RAICES, which provides services to families at the center. The families are originally from Colombia, Romania, Iran, Angola, Russia, Armenia, Turkey and Brazil.

Faisal Al-Juburi, the organization’s chief external affairs officer, said the families had been detained in the U.S. near the Mexican and Canadian borders. Some were in the U.S. for as little as 20 days and others for as long as about 10 years, Al-Juburi said. The nonprofit provided service to adult detainees at the center prior to last week’s shift in the center’s detention population when the adult detainees were moved out.

Both the Obama administration and Trump’s first administration detained families until their immigration cases played out. Trump severely curbed asylum and forcibly separated children from their parents at the border in a policy widely denounced as inhumane.

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Putin gives tepid response to ceasefire proposal

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday responded tentatively to a U.S. proposal that would institute a 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Putin said that "the idea itself is correct, and we certainly support it," but added that "there are issues that we need to discuss." Holly Williams reports from Kyiv.
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Veterans fired by Trump administration speak out

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Veterans make up about 30% of the overall federal workforce. Many veterans who were new on the job, classified as probationary workers, were fired as part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the size of government through the Elon Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency. Some feel their military service is being ignored. Nancy Cordes reports.
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U.S. business owners respond to tariff war

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President Trump on Thursday threatened to put a 200% tariff on European alcohol if the European Union puts a 50% import tax on American whisky in retaliation for his tariffs on steel and aluminum. Kelly O'Grady examines the latest on the trade war.
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Irish prime minister says "tariffs are damaging" amid Trump trade standoff

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Washington — Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he hopes dialogue can resolve the trade war between the U.S. and the European Union after President Trump Thursday threatened to impose 200% retaliatory tariffs on European wines and alcohols.

The tariffs were a response to the European Union's counter-tariffs against Mr. Trump's initial steel and aluminum hikes.

"I think it's a lot of uncertainty at the moment," Martin said in an interview with CBS News on Thursday. "Overall, tariffs are damaging to trade, damaging to businesses, but also damaging...
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Chuck Schumer will vote to keep government open: 'For Donald Trump, a shutdown would be a gift'

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says he will vote to keep the government open, warning that a shutdown has worse consequences for Americans and would only empower President Trump and Elon Musk further.

"I believe it is my job to make the best choice for the country to minimize the harms to the American people. Therefore, I will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down," Schumer said while speaking on the Senate floor on Thursday.

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Government shutdown: Which parks, museums and monuments could be closed?

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The possibility of a government shutdown means many federally funded national parks, monuments and attractions might be closed until the government reopens.
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Columbia University students who occupied Hamilton Hall expelled, suspended

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Columbia University students who occupied Hamilton Hall during pro-Palestinian protests last year have been suspended, expelled or had their degrees temporarily revoked.
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WATCH: 92-year-old grandpa does the most adorable thing for his granddaughter

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The thoughtfulness of cutting out the newspaper clip and sending it is too adorable.
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Trump's ambassador pick says "Canada is a sovereign state"

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Washington — President Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Canada affirmed the nation's sovereignty on Thursday amid the president's repeated threats to make it part of the United States.

"Canada is a sovereign state, yes," Pete Hoekstra said during his confirmation hearing when asked by Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware whether he agreed that Canada is an independent nation and that it "should not be even jokingly referred to as the 51st state."

Hoekstra also said that the two countries "have a great history of working together." He added...
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Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to fast-track deportations of illegal immigrants

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President Donald Trump is reportedly expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in an effort to pave the way for faster mass deportations of illegal immigrants.

Trump campaigned on invoking the wartime law, which allows the president to detain or deport the natives and citizens of an enemy nation.

'WEAPONIZED MIGRATION': US FACES DEADLY CONSEQUENCES WITH MADURO IN POWER, VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION WARNS

Trump will use the law to target members of the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, the New York Post reported, citing two sources close to...
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Hear the death threats Republican senator received about Trump

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Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., his staff and family have been the target of harassment and death threats, according to a memo released by his office on Thursday afternoon.

Voicemails shared by Tillis' team, which were filled with profanity and fueled by discontent with President Donald Trump, reveal a frightening new reality. The senator's senior advisor, Daniel Keylin, said "the volume of threats and harassment directed at members of Congress and their staff is the new normal."

"Yeah, Thom Tillis, afraid of death threats? Then get the f--- out of...
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New poll details Americans' views on Trump and Musk

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President Donald Trump, taking questions from reporters on Thursday, touted that "a lot of great things are happening."

But Americans, nearly eight weeks into Trump's second tour of duty in the White House, seem divided on the job he's doing steering the country.

Trump's approval rating stood in negative territory at 42%-53% among registered voters nationwide in a new Quinnipiac University national poll conducted March 6-10 and released on Thursday.

That's down from 46% approval and 43% disapproval in Quinnipiac's survey from late January, in the...
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Dems Divided

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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

Here's what's happening…

-White House pulls nomination for CDC director

-The Hitchhiker's Guide to where we stand to avoid a government shutdown

-Judge orders Trump admin to reinstate probationary workers fired at 6 agencies

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., was heard screaming inside Democratic senators' private lunch on Thursday amid ongoing debate over the looming government shutdown.

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Dems, facing shutdown, previously criticized Republicans for 'political games' during gov funding fights

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Senate Democrats are teasing a government shutdown this week in protest of a Republican-led funding bill, despite repeatedly stoking fears over shutdowns and criticizing GOP lawmakers for hesitating over funding legislation in the past.

"Funding the government is the most basic responsibility we have in Congress," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in September.

The House passed a continuing resolution (CR) this week to keep the government open until October, but Democratic Senators are holding up the legislation to advocate for a "clean" month-long...
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Venezuela agrees to resume deportation flights in response to pressure from Trump

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In the face of pressure from the Trump administration, the Venezuelan government has agreed to resume accepting deportation flights from the U.S., according to Richard Grenell, a special envoy to President Donald Trump.

As Trump cracks down on illegal immigration, with ICE making upward of 32,000 arrests of illegals across the country, some Latin American countries have refused to accept returns.

Grenell announced Thursday the Venezuelan government, led by socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, had agreed to resume the flights.

Maduro had previously...
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