Immigrant rights advocates had challenged an agency decision to pause parole programs that have allowed Ukrainian, Afghan, Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants to enter the country.
The Department of Homeland Security announced it will provide travel assistance and a $1,000 stipend to those who use the CBP Home App to leave the United States.
Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.
Days earlier, immigration officials gave Venezuelan detainees at the center notices that alleged they were Tren de Aragua members and subject to deportation under a wartime law.
Groups that provide attorneys to unaccompanied migrant children say a Republican proposal would "dismantle" protections, which would be "catastrophic" for children, including victims of trafficking.
The American wife of Alfredo Linares, who came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was a teen and is undocumented, said she didn't want to risk her husband being sent away.