Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should vacate U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’s order to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for President Donald Trump’s administration to return to work 16,000 probationary federal employees who were let go in mass firings. The justices acted in the administration’s emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in California that the workers be reinstated while a lawsuit plays out because

Civil liberties groups filed a new lawsuit Tuesday to challenge removals under the 1798 law known as the Alien Enemies Act.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday is expected to visit a mega-prison in El Salvador holding Venezuelans deported by the U.S. as civil rights groups challenge the removals in a high-profile court battle.

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to make voluntary cuts to its workforce, according to an email sent to agency staff on Monday evening.

The Trump administration has fired back at a federal judge in San Francisco who stopped it from revoking deportation protections this month for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in Florida and other states, saying the judge has no authority to block the decision and that it should be addressed on an emergency basis by a higher appeals court.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem discusses her visit to El Salvador and Mexico and the Trump administration's deportation efforts on 'Special Report.'

A federal judge in Boston denied a request Tuesday to block the Trump administration's plan to end temporary protected status for Venuezuelans, noting that a judge in California had already halted the plan on Monday.

Noem talks with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her team at the National Palace, Mexican media reported, but no details were available on what they discussed.