News for April 30, 2025

House Republicans are starting to write a huge bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda, but early fights over cuts, fees, and tax breaks show how hard it will be to finish.

A House Judiciary Committee proposal would end government-funded legal help for unaccompanied migrant children, even as a judge ordered the Trump administration to restart that aid.

Donald Trump said he could help get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S., even as his administration has argued in court that it cannot bring him back.

The Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security used FBI crime database checks to flag thousands of international students, leading to visa revocations and record terminations.

A federal judge dismissed charges against Henrry Villatoro Santos, clearing the way for possible deportation after the Justice Department asked to drop the case.

ICE raided an Oklahoma City home during a search for other suspects, and a U.S.-citizen family says the agents wrongly traumatized them and took their belongings.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student and green card holder, was released from ICE detention after a federal judge in Vermont said his case raised serious First Amendment concerns.

A judge ordered Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi released on bail while he fights his immigration detention case.

Vietnamese Americans including Dzung Pham, Long Nguyen, and Tam Huu Do reflected on code-switching, family roots, and whether they feel “American enough” 50 years after the fall of Saigon.

More than 40 Democratic lawmakers are pressing Customs and Border Protection to explain tougher screening and detention tactics at U.S. ports of entry.

President Donald Trump defended his tariffs and other policies as part of a needed “transition period,” even as he had promised quick relief and lower prices on Day One.

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan was temporarily removed from duty by the Wisconsin Supreme Court after federal charges that she helped block immigration agents.