Deportation ruling: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to deport migrants to countries other than their own, pausing a federal judge’s ruling that they must first be given a chance to show that they would face the risk of torture there. The pause allows the administration to send men held at an American military base in Djibouti on to South Sudan while their court case plays out. The court’s three liberal members dissented. Read more ›
Immigration crackdown: Florida is turning an abandoned airport in the Everglades into the newest — and scariest-sounding — local prison to detain migrants. The remote facility, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” will cost the state around $450 million a year to run, but Florida can request some reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read more ›
Economic uncertainty: President Trump began to confront the potential economic blowback from his military strikes on Iran, which threatened to send oil and gas prices soaring as U.S. consumers already face significant financial strains. The prospect of higher energy costs appeared to spook even Mr. Trump, who demanded on social media that companies “KEEP OIL PRICES
