Can the Trump administration deport green card holders? Here’s what rights they have in the US
The Trump administration is targeting international students with student visas and permanent residents who hold a green card as part of its immigration crackdown. And while green card holders may legally remain in the U.S. indefinitely, work in the country, and are protected by U.S. laws, the Trump administration has made clear that the demographic is not off limits from its mass-deportation agenda. Can the federal government deport those who are green card holders and are here in the U.S. legally? Yes. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, green card holders are only protected if they “do not commit any actions that would make you removable under immigration law.” Green card holders are “required to obey all laws of the United States and localities,” file taxes annually, register for the draft if the green card holder is a male between the ages of 18 and 25, and are also “expected to support the democratic form of government,” per U.S. Citizenship and Immigraion Services. Should a green card holder violate certain provisions included in the Immigration and Nationality Act, they could face deportation. LAWYERS FOR COLUMBIA ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST MAHMOUD KHALIL BLAST RUBIO EVIDENCE LETTER: ‘TWO PAGES, THAT’S IT’ Reasons a green card holder could be deported include the termination of conditional permanent resident status, knowingly helping someone enter the U.S. illegally, committing crimes including rape, murder or fraud, according to Berardi Immigration Law, a business immigration law firm that handles work permits and green cards for international employees working in the U.S. Other reasons also include committing an aggravated felony, being convicted of drug or firearms crimes, and engaging in criminal activity that jeopardizes public safety or national security issues, per Berardi Immigration Law. Furthermore, those who face convictions for these crimes may only face deportation after an immigration judge hears their case, according to Penn State Law School. A green card allows an individual already in the U.S. who is not an American citizen to remain in the country, while a student visa allows those outside the U.S. to study in the country for a specific amount of time at an academic institution. Eligibility for a green card is possible through several avenues, including being an immediate family member of a U.S. citizen like a spouse or parent, finding employment here in the U.S., or qualifying as a refugee or someone seeking asylum. TRUMP COLLEGE CRACKDOWN: LIST OF STUDENTS DETAINED AMID ANTISEMITISM ON CAMPUSES The possibility of deporting green card holders attracted increased scrutiny after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil in March. Khalil, who is a Palestinian raised in Syria and a permanent U.S. resident with a green card who first came to the U.S. on a student visa in 2022, played a major role in the protests against Israel while at Columbia University as a graduate student. The Department of Homeland Security said Khalil was arrested to protect U.S. national security, and claimed that Khalil “led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization.” Additionally, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the time any Hamas supporters in the U.S. would suffer similar fates and have their green cards pulled, and face deportation. Likewise, President Donald Trump said in a social media post in March following Khalil’s arrest that it was “the first arrest of many to come.” But Democrats claim the Trump administration is out of line and the arrest was an assault on freedom of speech. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats said Khalil’s arrest amounted to “straight up authoritarianism” in a post on X in March. An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled in April that the Trump administration was at liberty to deport Khalil, claiming she didn’t have the authority to challenge the Trump administration’s assessment that Khalil posed a national security threat. But Khalil, who is currently stuck at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, has yet to see whether he will face deportation. Another federal judge in New York has blocked the Trump administration from removing Khalil from the U.S. while his case plays out in court. Separately, the Trump administration is also eyeing ways to beef up vetting for those entering the U.S. on student visas — particularly for those who’ve publicly supported Palestine, like Khalil. For example, the State Department is also bracing itself to ramp up social media screening for those applying for student visas. The State Department announced Tuesday that it is temporarily suspending new student and exchange visitor visa interviews as it evaluates enhanced social media screenings for the application process. CONGRESS ‘ENTITLED’ TO ‘REGULATING THE CONDUCT’ OF VISA HOLDERS, EXPERT SAYS AMID DEPORTATION PUSH Rubio told lawmakers May 20 that he expects that the State Department has already pulled thousands of visas since January following Trump’s inauguration. That’s up from the 300 the administration had revoked as of late March. Rubio also said that his agency would continue to pull student visas, stating that a visa is not a right, it’s a “privilege.” “I don’t know the latest count, but we probably have more to do,” Rubio told lawmakers on the Senate appropriations subcommittee overseeing foreign affairs. “We’re going to continue to revoke the visas of people who are here as guests and are disrupting our higher education facilities.”
US judge blocks Trump from suspending Biden-era migrant ‘parole’ programs
A U.S. federal judge has inflicted another blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to end a multiple Biden-era parole program for hundreds of thousands of migrants from Afghanistan, Latin America and Ukraine. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of Massachusetts on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to resume processing applications from those migrants who are seeking work permits or renewing their status. Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, rejected the Trump administration’s claim that suspending the parole programs was within its broad discretion to direct immigration policy. FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMIN FROM REVOKING TEMPORARY LEGAL STATUS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS Federal law still requires agencies under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to follow a lengthy process for granting or denying parole and other immigration relief, she wrote in siding with migrants pursuing a class action lawsuit. Talwani also certified a nationwide class, temporarily protecting all individuals in several humanitarian parole programs while the case proceeds. “This court emphasizes, as it did in its prior order, that it is not in the public interest to manufacture a circumstance in which hundreds of thousands of individuals will, over the course of several months, become unlawfully present in the country, such that these individuals cannot legally work in their communities or provide for themselves and their families,” the judge wrote. “Nor is it in the public interest for individuals who enlisted and are currently serving in the United States military to face family separation, particularly where some of these individuals joined the military in part to help their loved ones obtain lawful status.” Some of the applicants were paroled into the U.S. after working with the U.S. military as translators. TRUMP ADMIN PULLING LEGAL STATUS FOR MORE THAN 530K MIGRANTS The migrants were granted a two-year “parole” to live in the country under programs established by former President Joe Biden. The programs let migrants and their immediate family members fly to the United States as long as they had sponsors in America. Then, they would be placed on parole for two years. However, the Trump administration has been trying to end all parole programs as part of its immigration crackdown and has already asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the matter. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 20 directing the government to end “all categorical parole programs” set up during the Biden administration. Last month, Talwani blocked the administration’s effort to revoke parole and work authorization en masse for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, ruling that such actions required case-by-case determinations. Anwen Hughes, a lawyer for the plaintiffs at Human Rights First, said in a statement that they are pleased with the ruling. “This ruling reaffirms what we have always known to be true: our government has a legal obligation to respect the rights of all humanitarian parole beneficiaries and the Americans who have welcomed them into their communities,” Hughes said. “We share the judge’s hope that the government will adhere to this order and immediately resume adjudicating our clients’ applications for relief.” Reuters contributed to this report.
Rapper thanks Trump for pardon on gun conviction
A Louisiana rapper who was convicted on gun charges is now thanking President Donald Trump for pardoning him, saying he is “giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as a father, and as an artist.” NBA YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, made the statement as Trump issued a number of pardons Wednesday. Last year, Gaulden was sentenced by a federal judge in Utah after he acknowledged possessing weapons despite being a convicted felon. However, he reached an agreement that resolved Utah state charges against him and settled two sets of federal charges against him — one carried a 23-month sentence and the other ordered five years of probation and a $200,000 fine. “I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and for giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as a father, and as an artist,” Gaulden, whose stage moniker stands for “Never Broke Again,” wrote on his Instagram. “This moment means a lot.” TRUMP PARDONS EX-CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR ROWLAND AND COMMUTES CHICAGO GANG LEADER HOOVER’S SENTENCE “It opens the door to a future I’ve worked hard for and I am fully prepared to step into this,” Gaulden added. Gaulden was released from federal prison in March and sent to home confinement after receiving credit for time served, his attorney Drew Findling told the Associated Press. With home confinement finished last month, the pardon means he won’t have to follow the terms of his probation, including drug testing, he said. “From Louisiana to Utah the battles have been endless, and now he can concentrate on first and foremost his family, and then, of course, his amazing career,” Findling said in a statement. ‘ISLAND BOYS’ RAPPER FRANKY VENEGAS ARRESTED IN FLORIDA ON GUN, DRUG CHARGES The rapper has acknowledged that he possessed a Glock 21 .45-caliber pistol and a Masterpiece Arms MPA30T 9mm handgun while filming a rap video in Baton Rouge. He has also said he had a Sig Sauer 9mm semi-automatic pistol at his home in Huntsville, Utah. He had agreed to give up the guns. Gaulden had previously been convicted in Louisiana of aggravated assault with a firearm, according to his statement released in advance of the plea agreement. He had also pleaded guilty in November to his role in a prescription drug fraud ring that operated out of his home in Utah. He had to pay a $25,000 fine and was given no prison time. Gaulden, who has achieved four No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and one Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, is now preparing to set out on a major U.S. arena tour later this year. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Federal judge says attempted deportation of anti-Israel ringleader Mahmoud Khalil may be unconstitutional
A federal judge in New Jersey ruled that President Donald Trump’s effort to deport anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil is most likely unconstitutional on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz handed down the ruling, though he did not go so far as to order Khalil’s release. Farbiarz argued that the Trump administration’s deportation order was likely to be dismissed as “unconstitutionally vague.” “The district court held what we already knew: Secretary Rubio’s weaponization of immigration law to punish Mahmoud and others like him is likely unconstitutional,” lawyers for Khalil said after the ruling. Khalil, who was approved for deportation by a U.S. immigration judge, has argued that his free speech rights were being “eroded” by the Trump administration. MAHMOUD KHALIL RIPS ‘REPRESSIVE’ TRUMP ADMIN FOR ERODING HIS RIGHTS IN WASHINGTON POST OP-ED Khalil is accused of being a ringleader for anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attorneys have argued that Khalil’s free speech claims were a “red herring,” saying that the 30-year-old green card holder lied on his visa applications. Khalil, they said, willfully failed to disclose his employment with the Syrian office in the British Embassy in Beirut when he applied for permanent U.S. residency. COLUMBIA ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTER MAHMOUD KHALIL CAN BE DEPORTED, JUDGE RULES Khalil has Algerian citizenship through his mother, but was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Khalil is married to Noor Abdalla, a U.S. citizen. They met in 2016 while volunteering in Lebanon. They married in 2023, and she was eight months pregnant at the time of his arrest. Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
Big update on Delhi’s Dwarka Expressway Tunnel launch: Jaipur-Gurugram-Delhi airport connectivity to benefit, check timings, know which vehicles can’t make it to trial
This tunnel links Dwarka to the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway. Notably, the Dwarka Expressway stretches from the Kherki Daula toll plaza to Shiv Murti in Mahipalpur.
Heavy rain, thunderstorm may lash … as IMD predicts deep depression in Bay of Bengal and…
Sharing an X post, IMD said, Deep Depression over North-West Bay of Bengal off West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts moved nearly northwards and crossed WB-Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Island & Khepupara over coasts close to Raidighi.
GOP rails against ‘blatantly false’ Dem claims about Medicaid reform in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
House Republicans are celebrating Medicaid reform in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the House GOP says eliminates waste, fraud and abuse to deliver for Americans who need coverage most. Meanwhile, Democrats have railed against possible Medicaid cuts since President Donald Trump was elected in November. Now that his “big, beautiful bill” has passed in the House of Representatives, Democrats are defining Medicaid cuts as a driving issue ahead of competitive midterm elections in 2026. Republicans say there is more to the story. “The One, Big Beautiful Bill puts Americans first. We’re securing the border. We’re protecting benefits for the most vulnerable. We are investing in American manufacturing. We’re investing in our own energy production,” Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. “The Democrats have been focusing on this specific line of attack that 13.7 million Americans are going to lose their health care, and that’s just blatantly false.” DEMOCRATS PREDICT PASSING TRUMP’S ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ WILL COST MANY REPUBLICANS THEIR SEATS The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan analysis for the U.S. Congress, estimates that 8.6 million people in the United States will lose health insurance by 2034 through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Medicaid reform. “Five million of those people are receiving a tax credit under the Affordable Care Act that was passed by the Democrats with a sunset date that was implemented by the Democrats. We’re simply allowing the sunset date to expire as the Democrats originally intended,” Houchin said. DEMS WARN HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL PAY PRICE AT BALLOT BOX FOR PASSING TRUMP’S ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ CBO estimates that 13.7 million Americans will lose coverage by 2034, which also includes the 5 million Americans who were already set to lose coverage. A number of Democrats have already deployed the figure in campaign messages rejecting Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passing in the House. “I don’t trust the CBO score, nor should the American people, because it’s been proven again and again to be wildly off,” added Houchin, who served on three major committees leading budget markup, including the House Rules, Budget and Energy and Commerce committees. The American Accountability Foundation, a conservative government research nonprofit, found that of the 32 staff members on CBO’s Health Analysis Division, 26 of them have “clearly” verified liberal partisan biases, as a Democrat donor, registered Democrat or a Democratic primary voter, as Fox News Digital reported this month. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act does not cut Medicaid for the most vulnerable, according to Houchin. Instead, she says targeting waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program cuts benefits to illegal immigrants, those ineligible to receive benefits who are currently receiving benefits, duplicate enrollees in one or more states and those who are able-bodied but are choosing not to work. “If you have to think about the four things that we’re doing in Medicaid to strengthen it, we’re removing anybody that is illegal, ineligible or duplicate, and we’re ensuring that able-bodied adults, on the expansion population, have a very modest work requirement, in exchange for receiving benefits. Those things are overwhelmingly supported by the American people, yet the Democrats continue to lie about what this bill is actually doing,” Houchin said. Republicans say they are cleaning up the program to ensure working families and the most vulnerable Americans can rely on the program for generations to come. “What we’re trying to do is protect precious Medicaid dollars for those who need it most,” Houchin said. “That’s what we’re doing. No one in the traditional Medicaid population needs to worry. And even if you’re in the able-body expansion population, there are many opportunities to comply to participate in Medicaid.” However, Democrats have already designated Medicaid cuts as a defining issue in 2026. “House Republicans’ giant tax scam will kick millions of people off their health insurance,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) spokesperson Viet Shelton told Fox News Digital. “It is fact. Independent analysts say it. Health care professionals say it. Hell, even Republican senators say so. Their saying anything to the contrary is just them trying to protect their already in danger majority.” After weeks of negotiating through budget reconciliation, House Republicans finally reached a consensus and passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last week. The bill passed just 215 to 214, and all Democrats voted against it. Republicans’ slim majority managed to deliver a legislative win for Trump. However, the “big, beautiful” fight is far from over as the Senate is tasked with drafting their own version of the bill. Senate Republicans have indicated they do not support the bill in its current form. “I don’t want to see rural hospitals close their doors because funding got cut. I also don’t like the idea of a hidden tax on the working poor. That’s why I’m a NO on this House bill in its current form,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said. The sweeping, multitrillion-dollar legislation advances Trump’s agenda on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and the national debt. The bill includes Trump’s key campaign promises, including no tax on tips and overtime, and it seeks to permanently extend his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. “By passing the largest cut to Medicaid in history, Republicans are ripping away health care from millions of Americans and levying a de facto hidden tax on working-class families,” DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene said in a statement after the bill passed. “Now that vulnerable Republicans are on the record voting for it, this betrayal of the American people will cost them their jobs in the midterms and Republicans the House Majority come 2026.” While Democrats target vulnerable Republicans for supporting Medicaid reform in Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” Republicans are taking aim at Democrats for voting against the bill’s tax cuts. “House Democrats voted for the largest tax increase in generations while giving taxpayer-funded freebies to illegal immigrants. The NRCC will make sure voters don’t forget how they betrayed working families,” National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) spokesman Mike Marinella said in a
SCOOP: GOP push for new House committee to probe Biden decline ‘cover-up’ gains steam
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are mounting a push to start a new select committee focused on investigating the Biden administration for allegedly “covering up” signs of the 82-year-old former president’s decline. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., is introducing legislation Thursday that would establish a panel of congressional investigators to “investigate and report upon the facts of President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.’s cognitive and physical health decline and the potential concealment of information from the American public,” according to bill text obtained by Fox News Digital. Republicans have unleashed a tidal wave of scrutiny on the previous Democrat White House as new reports – as well as old concerns previously dismissed by mainstream media – surface about Biden’s mental state while in office and what lengths those closest to him took to allegedly hide it from others. SCOOP: HOUSE GOP MEMO HIGHLIGHTS REPUBLICAN WINS IN TRUMP’S ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ Carter’s text calls to investigate former Vice President Kamala Harris and former first lady Jill Biden as well as whoever took part in keeping the audio tapes of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with Biden from the public. The select committee would also focus on whether Biden allies “concealed” his prostate cancer diagnosis before it was announced publicly last week. Biden’s spokesperson denied prior knowledge of the diagnosis in a statement to the New York Times. The resolution also specifically called for a probe into the use of the autopen in Biden’s White House to sign meaningful legislation. “This is potentially the biggest political scandal of our lifetime, and the American people deserve to know the truth about who was really running the White House during Biden’s tenure as president,” Carter told Fox News Digital of his legislation. “From using the autopen to pardon his own family members to likely concealing a cancer diagnosis, our government must restore trust with the public by fully investigating the former administration’s lies and getting to the bottom of one of the most consequential coverups in history.” Carter, who is currently running for Senate in Georgia, was among several Republicans who demanded Biden take a cognitive test last year. “The American people can no longer be left to wonder about their safety and security because of the President’s deteriorating mental state,” Carter wrote in a June 2024 letter to the White House. MIKE JOHNSON, DONALD TRUMP GET ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL’ WIN AS BUDGET PASSES HOUSE His new resolution comes on the heels of House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., opening his own investigation into revelations surrounding Biden’s cognitive decline. Comer spent much of the last Congress investigating whether Biden and his family unjustly profited from foreign cash. The House Oversight chair sent letters to former senior White House aides, including Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, announcing a probe into “the role of former senior Biden White House officials in possibly usurping authority from former President Joe Biden and the ramifications of a White House staff intent on hiding his rapidly worsening mental and physical faculties.” Meanwhile, first-term Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla., called for a similar select committee on Wednesday.
Rajasthan state government employee, with close link to ex-Congress minister, detained on suspicion of espionage for Pakistan
Shakur Khan was reportedly working as a personal assistant to former minister Shale Mohammad under the Congress regime in Rajasthan. For the unversed, Shale Mohammad has been a two-time MLA and a minister.
Meet Jonas Masetti, Portuguese-speaking engineer from Brazil, scholar of Vedas and Sanskrit, who gets this award in India…
Jonas Masetti set up the Instituto Vishva Vidya in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro. He offered courses on Vedanta, Sanskrit, Bhagavad Gita, meditation and mantras.