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Judge Blocks Expediting Migrant Children’s Asylum Cases, For Now

Lawyers for the children praised the pause on fast-tracked interviews of unaccompanied minors, calling it a blow against the Trump administration’s “deportation assembly line.”

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An unaccompanied five-year-old migrant surrendered to Border Patrol officers last year.
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Minnesota Declined to Buy a Prison for $75 Million. D.H.S. Paid $495 Million.

The recent purchase of the prison to hold immigrants is among the acquisitions facing scrutiny in the Trump administration’s mass deportation push.

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The Prairie Correctional Facility was purchased by the Department of Homeland Security to serve as an immigrant detention center in Appleton, Minn.
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U.S. to Send Dozens Back to Afghanistan, Despite Risk of Persecution

The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan.

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At a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, in July.
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Trump and His Aides Helped Bolsonaro Flee Brazil and Enter U.S.

President Trump ensured Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost a presidential election in Brazil and faces multiple criminal investigations there, could enter the United States, U.S. officials said.

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Flávio Bolsonaro after arriving at Opa Locka airport near Miami on Wednesday.
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Judge Questions Trump Administration’s Need to Target Noncitizen Voters

In the legal tangle between the Justice Department and California, a federal judge on Tuesday deferred a ruling but said the government already had a remedy it could use after the election.

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The Trump administration has pressed an effort to disqualify people it says are noncitizens from voting on Nov. 3.
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Alex Pretti’s Parents Say Federal Government Is Silent on Investigation

The parents of the Minneapolis nurse who was fatally shot by federal agents in January said on Tuesday that the government had ignored and misled them.

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Steven Schleicher, a lawyer for Michael and Susan Pretti, Alex Pretti’s parents, appeared with them at a news conference in Minneapolis.
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Election Officials Fear Trump Administration’s Interference in Midterms Voting

State and local plans for Election Day include how to react to potential ICE raids, misbehavior by federal election monitors and attempts to seize votes or machines.

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State and local election officials across the country have been redoubling training efforts to prepare for the potential for federal interference.
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They Were Accused of Illegal Fishing. They Ended Up in ICE Detention.

In states like Florida, officers who hand out fishing citations and inspect produce have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding the reach of President Trump’s deportation campaign.

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A canal in Dania Beach, Fla., in September. The canal was the site of an encounter that led Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers to contact federal immigration authorities.
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Trump’s Attacks on Voting Raise Fears He Will Try to Challenge Midterm Results

Election officials say they worry the administration could use its own unsubstantiated claims to contest the vote in November.

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President Trump, who has continued to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election, has been relentless in his efforts to sow doubts about the integrity of American voting.
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