Myah Ward

Chapel Hill, Washington, D.C., United States

White House Reporter at POLITICO

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Dems see a winning issue in case of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

2 days ago | politico.com | Elena Schneider |Nicholas Wu |Myah Ward

Democrats are lining up to defend Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite immigration politics traditionally favoring Republicans. Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla. speaks to the media, accompanied by Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., left, and attorney Chris Newman, second from left, at a hotel in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, April 21, 2025.
Dems see a winning issue in case of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Elena Schneider |Nicholas Wu |Myah Ward

Democrats have a plan for fighting Donald Trump over the most high-profile deportation case in recent history: Don’t make it about immigration. As the party lines up to defend Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, Democrats are emphasizing due process and the rule of law — side-stepping the thornier intricacies of immigration policy that have served as a drag on their party for years.
White House ramps up defense of Abrego Garcia’s deportation

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Myah Ward

The White House is aggressively building a case against the native Salvadoran the U.S. illegally deported last month as part of a messaging effort designed to combat an onslaught of criticism from Democrats and intensifying scrutiny from the courts. Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation has quickly become a symbol of the administration’s aggressive immigration agenda, as President Donald Trump looks to fulfill his vow to swiftly deport massive numbers of people who entered the country illegally.
Military Contractors Pitch Unprecedented Prison Plan for Detained Immigrants

1 week ago | rsn.org | Dasha Burns |Myah Ward

Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to transport detainees from the US to El Salvador. Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and a team of defense contractors are pitching the White House on a plan to vastly expand deportations to El Salvador — transporting thousands of immigrants from U.S. holding facilities to a sprawling maximum security prison in Central America.
El Salvador won’t return wrongly deported Maryland man

1 week ago | politico.com | Myah Ward |Eli Stokols

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said in the Oval Office Monday he would not return Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador — to the United States, as Trump administration officials vehemently argued they were in no position to force the decision. “How can I return him to the United States? Am I going to smuggle him? Of course I’m not going to do it,” Bukele said while sitting beside President Donald Trump.
El Salvador won’t return wrongly deported Maryland man

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Myah Ward |Eli Stokols

6 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance ended the Ohio State football team’s visit to the White House on Monday by fumbling the team’s national championship trophy. After laudatory speeches by President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and Vance on the South Lawn, the vice president — an Ohio …
The Trump administration sells a very different message in court than on TV

1 week ago | politico.com | Jessica Piper |Myah Ward |Kyle Cheney

One group of people is hearing a different message from the Trump administration than most Americans: the nation’s judges. The disparities have emerged across a range of lawsuits and issues amid President Donald Trump’s aggressive political agenda. “You’re saying one thing in public.
Trump grants military control over strip of federal land along US southern border

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Myah Ward

A 60-foot wide strip of land along three southwestern border states will be placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. military to help deter illegal immigration, the White House said Friday. President Donald Trump issued a memorandum directing the military to take temporary control over the Roosevelt Reservation, a corridor that runs along the border line in California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants

1 week ago | politico.com | Dasha Burns |Myah Ward

Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the US to El Salvador Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and a team of defense contractors are pitching the White House on a plan to vastly expand deportations to El Salvador — transporting thousands of immigrants from U.S. holding facilities to a sprawling maximum security prison in Central America.
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Dasha Burns |Myah Ward

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and a team of defense contractors are pitching the White House on a plan to vastly expand deportations to El Salvador — transporting thousands of immigrants from U.S. holding facilities to a sprawling maximum security prison in Central America.