March 2025 (Various Dates)

• 238 Venezuelans deported to CECOT prison in El Salvador — held indefinitely without trial in maximum security facility with human rights concerns
• 158 deportees had tattoos used as “gang evidence” — law enforcement experts in multiple countries said tattoos are not indicator of Tren de Aragua membership
• Intelligence concluded gang not directed by Maduro — U.S. officials found reports suggesting Venezuelan government control “not credible”
• Invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — claimed Tren de Aragua gang was “invading” at Venezuela’s direction
• Executive orders targeting law firms — revoked security clearances, terminated contracts for firms that had opposed Trump
• Chief Justice Roberts issued rare public rebuke — called attacks on judges “not an appropriate response to disagreement”
• Trump called Judge Boasberg “lunatic” — allies demanded impeachment of judges who ruled against administration

March 15, 2025

• Kilmar Abrego Garcia wrongly deported — Salvadoran with protected legal status sent to CECOT prison; administration admitted “administrative error”
• DOJ attorney fired for refusing to sign appeal — Erez Reuveni terminated after refusing to sign brief in Abrego Garcia case

March 14, 2025

• Second student arrested for Columbia activism — continued crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters
• Receivership imposed on Columbia University — federal government took unprecedented action against university

March 8, 2025

• Mahmoud Khalil arrested without warrant — ICE seized Columbia graduate student from apartment while pregnant wife recorded; detained and shipped to Louisiana
• Green card revoked by Secretary of State — Marco Rubio personally ordered deportation using rarely-used 1952 statute
• White House accused Khalil of “siding with terrorists” — provided no evidence for claim