{"id":133383,"date":"2025-04-12T05:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T05:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-us-can-deport-lawful-resident-for-his-views-in-unjust-and-alarming-court-ruling-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T05:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T05:13:07","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-us-can-deport-lawful-resident-for-his-views-in-unjust-and-alarming-court-ruling-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-us-can-deport-lawful-resident-for-his-views-in-unjust-and-alarming-court-ruling-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: US can deport lawful resident for his views in \u2018unjust and alarming\u2019 court ruling &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Judge rules Trump administration can deport Mahmoud Khalil for his beliefs \u2013 key US politics stories from 11 April at a glance<br \/>At the end of a tumultuous week, a US immigration judge has sided with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Trump administration<\/a> lawyers, ruling that Columbia University graduate and Palestinian organizer Mahmoud Khalil can be deported from the US for his views.<br \/>The decision came on the same day Trump lawyers were criticized by another judge for defying an order to provide details on how they would return a wrongly deported man to the US.<br \/>Meanwhile, the US president insisted his tariff war was going \u201creally well\u201d despite mounting fears of recession and Beijing raising its retaliatory tariffs on the US to 125%.<br \/>Catch up with the key Trump administration stories of the day:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/mahmoud-khalil\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Mahmoud Khalil<\/a>, the Columbia University graduate and Palestinian organizer, is eligible to be deported from the United States, an immigration judge ruled on Friday during a contentious hearing at a remote court in central Louisiana.<br \/>The decision sides with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s claim that a short memo written by the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, which stated Khalil\u2019s \u201cbeliefs and associations\u201d were counter to foreign policy interests, is sufficient evidence to remove a lawful permanent resident from the United States. The undated memo, the main piece of evidence submitted by the government, contained no allegations of criminal conduct.<br \/>Supporters of Khalil branded the decision as \u201cunjust as it is alarming\u201d.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/mahmoud-khalil-deportation-ruling-immigration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Lawyers for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump administration<\/a> were unable on Friday to tell a federal court exactly where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/maryland\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Maryland<\/a> resident Kilmar Abrego Garc\u00eda is after he was wrongly deported to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/el-salvador\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">El Salvador<\/a> last month. The judge, Paula Xinis, admonished the government at a heated hearing. \u201cI\u2019m not asking for state secrets,\u201d she said. \u201cAll I know is that he\u2019s not here. The government was prohibited from sending him to <a href=\"https:\/\/viewer.gutools.co.uk\/world\/el-salvador\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">El Salvador<\/a>, and now I\u2019m asking a very simple question: where is he?\u201d<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/trump-deportation-el-salvador-kilmar-abrego-garcia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-military\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">US military<\/a> base in Greenland has been fired for criticising Washington\u2019s agenda for the Arctic island after JD Vance visited two weeks ago.<br \/>Col Susannah Meyers, who had served as commander of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/28\/what-is-pituffik-space-base-us-delegation-visit\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Pituffik space base<\/a> since July, was removed amid reports she had distanced herself and the base from the US vice-president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/29\/denmark-hits-back-at-tone-of-us-vice-presidents-criticism-over-greenland\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">criticism of Denmark<\/a> and its oversight of the territory.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/col-susannah-meyers-head-of-us-military-base-greenland-fired-after-jd-vance-visit\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> insisted his trade war with much of the world was \u201cdoing really well\u201d despite mounting fears of recession and as Beijing hit back and again hiked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-tariffs\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">tariffs<\/a> on US exports to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/china\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">China<\/a>.<br \/>As the US president said his aggressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-tariffs\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">tariffs<\/a> strategy was \u201cmoving along quickly\u201d, a closely watched economic survey revealed that US consumer expectations for price rises had soared to a four-decade high.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/trump-tariffs-china-recession\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/usimmigration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Immigration<\/a> officials attempted to enter two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/los-angeles\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Los Angeles<\/a> elementary schools this week, but were turned away by school administrators. The incident appears to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s first attempt to enter the city\u2019s public schools since amending regulations to allow immigration agents to enter \u201csensitive areas\u201d such as schools.<br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/los-angeles\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Los Angeles<\/a> unified school district superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, confirmed that agents from the Department of Homeland Security were seeking five students in first through sixth grades. They were turned away after the schools\u2019 principals asked to see their identification. Los Angeles Unified is a <a href=\"https:\/\/edsource.org\/2024\/lausd-unanimously-affirms-support-for-immigrant-and-lgbtq-students-leading-up-to-trumps-inauguration\/722594\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">sanctuary district<\/a> and does not cooperate with federal immigration agencies.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/los-angeles-schools-immigration-officials\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> said on Friday that five major law firms reached agreements to together provide his administration $600m in pro bono legal work, among other terms, to avoid executive orders punishing them, a significant capitulation to the president as he attacks the legal profession.<br \/>The five firms \u2013 Kirkland &amp; Ellis, Latham &amp; Watkins, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett, and Cadwalader, Wickersham &amp; Taft \u2013 are among the most prestigious and recognized firms in the US.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/trump-law-firms-pro-bono-deal\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The state department is ordering staff to report colleagues for instances of \u201canti-Christian bias\u201d during the Biden administration, part of Donald Trump\u2019s aggressive push to reshape government policy on religious expression in his first months back in office.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/state-department-anti-christian-bias\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The Kennedy Center\u2019s interim executive director, Richard Grenell \u2013 a staunch ally of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> \u2013 accused a professional musician of \u201cvapidness\u201d after she emailed him over concerns of the now Trump-controlled center\u2019s rollbacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/kennedy-center-richard-grenell-yasmin-williams\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Nearly two dozen US law firms have quietly scrubbed references to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from their website and revised descriptions of pro-bono work to more closely align with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s priorities, a Guardian review has found, underscoring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/02\/trump-law-firm-executive-order\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">successful campaign<\/a> of intimidation against the legal profession.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/law-firms-dei\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump administration<\/a> has weakened tools the US government uses to combat foreign-influence campaigns, even as covert attempts by Saudi Arabia and other \u201cmalign actors\u201d to influence American policy are growing in \u201cscope, sophistication, and reach\u201d, according to a new Senate report.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/trump-foreign-influence-saudi-arabia-golf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>A British man was shocked to discover that a photo of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/tattoos\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">tattoo<\/a> was included in a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document used to identify alleged members of a notorious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/venezuela\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Venezuelan<\/a> criminal gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA).<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/dhs-british-tattoo-identify-alleged-gang-venezuela\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/mississippi\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Mississippi<\/a> library commission has ordered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/mississippi-libraries-race-gender-databases\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">deletion of two research collections: the race relations database and the gender studies database<\/a>. The collections were stored in what\u2019s called the Magnolia database, which is used by publicly funded schools, libraries, universities and state agencies in Mississippi.<br \/>Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/trump-icc-sanctions-lawsuit\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">executive order imposing sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC) is facing a legal challenge from two US human rights advocates <\/a>who argue it is \u201cunconstitutional and unlawful\u201d.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/apr\/11\/trump-china-tariffs-california-farms\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">California\u2019s $59bn agricultural industry is bracing for disruption as Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs <\/a>continue to spike tensions and trigger economic turmoil with China \u2013 one of the state\u2019s biggest buyers.<br \/>Catching up?<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/11\/president-trump-administration-tariffs-immigration-news-updates-today\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Here\u2019s what happened on 10 April 2025<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQNHNjNThyOXRfSm5XTGlBamRvUEZfTEVfYzhPUGVRVGthZklEYUtiQUx4OURhQ1pSMW41REtMV29zZ1ZKenoxWEFmeU80cE8ySnBfUUVmdHYyV0szcEtnaUNJYUJOZ2hCbmpkWlo2SHdxLS10cDJiVS1DdVJNNFVVaHNhQWszdUZIVWh1Sk1wT0xUSFBCYmZ6X1ZPUERoZDJiX184NThhTXo1dGo4TjNMS2Jn?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge rules Trump administration can deport Mahmoud Khalil for his beliefs \u2013 key US politics stories from 11 April at a glanceAt the end of a tumultuous week, a US immigration judge has sided with Trump administration lawyers, ruling that Columbia University graduate and Palestinian organizer Mahmoud Khalil can be deported from the US for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}