US orders 500,000 citizens of four countries to leave
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who had been granted special permission to stay in the U.S. will now be ordered to leave immediately.

In a statement released Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela—who had previously been temporarily protected from deportation—will receive email notifications instructing them to depart the country.

According to the DHS, over 500,000 people from these four nations were permitted to stay in the U.S. for two years under a policy introduced by former President Joe Biden.

The new directive is likely to face legal challenges from critics who oppose the Trump administration’s approach to mass deportations.

Mayor Ras Baraka sues US attorney, claiming false arrest and defamation ahead of New Jersey governor primary .

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, accusing her of political retaliation after his controversial arrest earlier this month at a federal immigration detention facility. The suit, which seeks damages for false arrest and malicious prosecution, comes just days before Baraka competes in a pivotal Democratic primary for governor.

Baraka’s legal action targets interim US Attorney Alina Habba appointed under the Trump administration alleging she pursued criminal charges without cause after he attempted to join a lawful oversight visit to the Delaney Hall detention center alongside three Democratic members of Congress. The charges were later dropped, but Baraka contends they were politically motivated and defamatory.

Citing a post on X in which Habba said Baraka “committed trespass,” the lawsuit says Habba issued a “defamatory statement” and authorized his “false arrest” despite “clear evidence that Mayor Baraka had not committed the petty offense of ‘defiant trespass.’” The suit also names Ricky Patel, the Homeland Security Investigations agent in charge in Newark.

“This is not about revenge,” Baraka said during a news conference. “Ultimately, it’s about them taking accountability for what they did.”

The May 9 incident was captured on video, showing Baraka being led away in handcuffs after walking from inside the facility’s fence to a nearby street where demonstrators were gathered. Bystanders can be heard shouting to protect the mayor as tensions escalated.

Initially charged with defiant trespass, Baraka saw those charges dismissed within two weeks.

However, Rep. LaMonica McIver who joined him at the facility was later charged with assaulting officers during the chaotic scene.