Silvia Foster-Frau

Washington, D.C., United States

Investigative Reporter, Immigration at The Washington Post

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Sen. Van Hollen discusses El Salvador visit with wrongly deported man

5 days ago | fredericknewspost.com | Silvia Foster-Frau |Theodoric Meyer

Kilmar Abrego García, a father and husband who was mistakenly deported to a megaprison in El Salvador, was transferred to a different facility nine days ago after spending weeks in a cell with 25 other migrants, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) said on Friday. Van Hollen spoke from Washington Dulles International Airport upon his return from El Salvador, where he was able to meet with Abrego García on Thursday after being rebuffed by the Salvadoran government multiple times.
Sen. Van Hollen describes El Salvador visit with wrongly deported man

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Silvia Foster-Frau |Theodoric Meyer |Maegan Vazquez

Sen. Van Hollen describes El Salvador visit with wrongly deported man (washingtonpost.com) Sen. Van Hollen describes El Salvador visit with wrongly deported man By Silvia Foster-Frau; Theodoric Meyer; Maegan Vazquez 2025041823045300 Kilmar Abrego García, a father and husband who was mistakenly deported to a megaprison in El Salvador, was transferred to a different facility nine days ago after spending weeks in a cell with 25 other migrants, Sen.
Federal judge grills government lawyers over Trump administration’s deportation of alleged gang members

1 month ago | adn.com | Justin Jouvenal |Silvia Foster-Frau |Jeremy Roebuck

A federal judge sharply grilled a government attorney Friday about the Trump administration’s apparent disregard of his order to return deportation flights to the United States, a dispute that has sparked a high-profile showdown this week between the president and the judiciary. Before deputy assistant attorney general Drew Ensign even had a chance to address the court at a hearing, James E.
Judge Boasberg holds hearing over Alien Enemies Act Venezuelan deportations

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Silvia Foster-Frau |Jeremy Roebuck

Lawyers for the Trump administration will be back in court Friday afternoon before a federal judge who is seeking detailed information about the government’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants and alleged gang members and has largely been stonewalled so far. James E.
Was Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act legal? Ask us your questions.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Silvia Foster-Frau |Marianne LeVine |Alexandra Pannoni

Was Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act legal? Ask us your questions. Immigration reporters Silvia Foster-Frau and Marianne LeVine will answer your questions during a live chat on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET. March 19, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. EDT
For four Venezuelan friends, Alien Enemies Act cuts short an American dream

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Silvia Foster-Frau

The four friends grew upwithin blocks of each other in Venezuela, playing soccer and bouncing between one another’s homes. As the nation deteriorated, they journeyed to the United States and were eking out a new life in Dallas, where they worked long hours and shared a townhouse. Then, on Thursday, armed officers showed up at their home, arrested them and took them to a Texas detention center, Mervin Yamarte, 29, told his mother by phone.
What is Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang targeted by the Alien Enemies Act?

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Silvia Foster-Frau

President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798on Friday was tailored to the Venezuela-based gang Tren de Aragua. Trump’s proclamation, which remained unseen by the public until Saturday, called for expediting the deportation of suspected members of the gang, removing their right to an immigration court hearing.
Trump wants Guantánamo to hold 30,000 migrants. So far it has held about 300.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Silvia Foster-Frau |Alex Horton |Laris Karklis

When President Donald Trump directed the U.S. government to begin using the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station as a detention center for migrants in late January, he said it would “double our capacity immediately” to hold people being removed from the country as part of a massive deportation campaign. But nearly two months later, the operation has struggled to scale up. On Wednesday, a Defense Department official confirmed there were no migrants being held in Guantánamo.
Trump administration flies all remaining Guantánamo migrants back to U.S.

1 month ago | adn.com | Silvia Foster-Frau |Alex Horton

The Trump administration has removed all the migrants who were still being held at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba and flown them back to the United States, a Defense Department official said Wednesday. The 40 men have been transported to Louisiana, where there is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Alexandria. It comes just two weeks after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent another group of 48 migrants back to the same city from Guantánamo.
Live updates: Federal agencies face Trump’s deadline today for ‘large-scale reductions in force’

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Patrick Svitek |Meryl Kornfield |Lena Sun |Fenit Nirappil |Theodoric Meyer |Liz Goodwin | +3 more

Thursday is the deadline for federal agencies to submit plans to the White House for “large-scale reductions in force” that were ordered by President Donald Trump about a month ago as part of the work of the U.S. DOGE Service overseen by Elon Musk. The plans will provide the latest look at how Trump is seeking to downsize the government. Trump also plans to meet Thursday with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.