The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has any plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month and remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador, despite a Supreme Court ruling that the man should be returned to the United States.
The U.S. district court judge handling the case of Kilmar Garcia now is weighing whether to grant a request from the man’s legal team to compel the government to explain why it should not be held in contempt.
As Sudan marks two years of civil war on Tuesday, atrocities and famine are only mounting in what the U.N. says is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Half of the population of 50 million faces hunger. The World Food Program has confirmed famine in 10 locations and says it could spread, putting millions in danger of starvation.
The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
The hold on Harvard’s funding marks the seventh time President Donald Trump’s administration has taken the step at one of the nation’s most elite colleges, in an attempt to force compliance with Trump’s political agenda.
Livy Dunlap can be reached at dunl3109@stthomas.edu.
