Venezuela, Federal judges and migrant gang members
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A federal judge in New York and another in Texas have temporarily blocked the deportation of several purported Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.
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The decision allows the Justice Department to continue using a 1798 law called the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants it says are members of a Venezuelan crime gang.
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El Salvador says it shares intelligence with the United States about gang members wanted by the Central American nation and provides “complete records” on them before formally requesting their deportation.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Wednesday that the government will seek to deport a man she previously called a leader of the MS-13 gang in the U.S., after prosecutors moved to drop a gun charge against him.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has insisted local inquiries into grooming gangs in five towns are still going ahead despite claims the plans have been watered down. In January, Cooper announced a three-month rapid review into the issue, as well as five local inquiries - but has only named the location for one, in Oldham.
Tattoos have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to drop a gun charge against a man Attorney General Pam Bondi last month called a leader of the MS-13 gang in the U.S., a court filing showed. Bondi announced the arrest of a person she called one of the gang's top three leaders in a March 27 press conference,
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The Manhattan district attorney charged 16 people, most of them minors, in a score of shootings. Violence among New York City’s youth has soared.
Sixteen alleged teenaged gangsters in rival East Harlem crews were charged Tuesday with terrorizing their innocent neighbors in a months-long barrage of gun violence.
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Trump administration captured 'very violent' top street gang leader. What is MS-13?Federal officials said they captured a top national leader of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in Virginia, a criminal group President Donald Trump designated as a terrorist organization. "I’m proud to announce that early this morning our brave law ...
AG Pam Bondi doubled down on the Trump administration's decision to deport alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, pointing to recently-apprehended violent criminals.
Sixteen people — 13 of them under 18 years old — were indicted on charges of conspiracy, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in gang warfare that exploded in 21 shooting incidents