Alex Peña

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Alex Pena |Alex Peña

WASHINGTON - A divided U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump resume using a wartime law to try to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, giving the administration a boost in a high-profile clash over the limits of presidential power. Granting an emergency request by Trump on a 5-4 vote, the justices tossed out a lower court order that had paused deportations under the Alien Enemies Act while litigation continues.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Alex Pena |Alex Peña

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene Monday and block a lower court order mandating the return of an immigrant mistakenly deported to El Salvador in a high-profile challenge to the administration's immigration crackdown. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and his family filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court, arguing that the removal violated an immigration judge's 2019 order that he not be deported to El Salvador due to possible persecution.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Alex Pena |Alex Peña

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block an order to bring back a Maryland man who immigration officials conceded was wrongly deported to a notorious prison in his native El Salvador. The administration filed its request Monday just as a federal appeals court unanimously declined to block U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis's order, which gives the United States until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Alex Pena |Alex Peña

The first stop for many Sudanese refugees fleeing deadly ground attacks and airstrikes in Sudan is a remote mobile medical clinic along the border with Chad, operated by Doctors Without Borders. Sudan’s civil war is entering its third year, and increasing airstrikes have been a driving factor for many refugees now fleeing the country for safety in Chad.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Alex Pena |Alex Peña

U.S. foreign aid cuts impacting Sudanese refugees in Chad have reduced already razor-thin margins for lifesaving resources like food and water, and other U.S. government-funded programs including mental health counseling and education. “When we told [the students] the decision, that we’re going to close the school, most of them were crying,” said Aballah Abakar Abdallah, a teacher at the only secondary school in Aboutengue refugee camp, near the border of Sudan.