Regarding a phone call Trump had last month with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, the president said he was taken aback by her insistence that Portland is not the hellscape he has been saying it is. I spoke to the governor, she was very nice, Trump said last month. But I said, Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? My people tell me different.'
Now, the government is seeking to convince a New York appeals court that the tool, a habeas corpus petition, should be generally off-limits in such cases, arguing that it runs afoul of American immigration law. If the U.S. argument is successful, noncitizens detained by the administration and placed in immigration proceedings could lose one of the most dependable methods of challenging their detention.
According to court records, Robinson and two accomplices broke into a family home on a January night in 2012. The burglars restrained the family with zip ties, pistol-whipped the father, and threatened to kill a three-year-old child while attempting to steal money and jewelry. Police arrived during the burglary, leading to a shootout in which one accomplice fatally shot himself. Robinson was found hiding inside the house and arrested after resisting officers.
Hakeem Jeffries stated that Secretary Kristi Noem will face accountability for the Trump administration's migrant policies after the 2026 elections, emphasizing aggressive oversight.
Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people, separating free societies from police states.