Front Burner

Trump's expanding immigration dragnet

A look at Trump’s immigration crackdown, and the people — from green card holders to U.S. citizens to Canadians — getting caught in the dragnet.
A handcuffed inmate is escorted by police off a plane.
Salvadoran police officers escort Venezuelans recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, at the El Salvador International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 16, 2025. (Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Reuters)

The Trump administration is continuing to expand its mass deportation of immigrants, and more and more people are getting caught up in its dragnet — from green card holders to Canadians, and even U.S. citizens. Court orders to block many of these actions are mounting, but the Trump administration is pushing back hard — going so far as pushing for the impeachment of a judge involved in one case.

Today, we're speaking to Arelis Hernandez, a border reporter for The Washington Post, for a look at what separates this from previous immigration crackdowns, and where this all might lead. 

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