On March 15, 2025, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, was deported to El Salvador, a decisive move by the Trump administration to bolster national security. Authorities identified Garcia as a member of the MS-13 gang, a transnational criminal organization recently designated as a terrorist group. Leveraging the Alien Enemies Act, the administration expedited…
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has implemented policies that obstruct U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from rounding up illegal aliens. His administration’s Immigrant Trust Directive limits state and local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE, particularly by refusing to honor administrative warrants used to deport undocumented immigrants. Critics argue that this stance hampers ICE’s…

