Immigrants deported despite court orders
The gist
A US judge ordered Nicaraguan immigrant Kenis Lopez Gonzalez returned after his deportation to the Central African Republic.
The case sits inside a wider pattern of removals that courts had blocked.
How it unfolded
- Mar 15, 2025The Trump administration deported more than 200 Venezuelans alleged by the White House to be gang members to a supermax prison in El Salvador even as a US judge blocked the removals.
- Sep 5, 2025Five non-citizens held in ICE facilities who had been granted withholding of removal were deported to Ghana.
- Sep 11, 2025The five, citizens of The Gambia and Nigeria with no connection to Ghana, filed suit in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Key terms
- work permit
- Official permission allowing a person to take a job in a foreign country.
- withholding of removal
- A US immigration status barring deportation to a country where the person's life or freedom would be threatened.
Source: Wikipedia