Friday night’s video shows immigration buses and customs compliance with Venezuelan migrants full Heading towards an airport in northern Texas Before turning abruptly in the middle of a legal battle to avoid deportation.
At least 28 detainees, most, if not all, understood as Venezuelan nationals, were placed by bus on Friday night at the ICE Bobonnet detention center in Anson, Texas, and then driven to Abilene’s airport about 30 miles away.
The video, obtained exclusively by NBC News, shows the ice caravan, which includes at least 18 squad cars of several law enforcement agencies with flashing lights, pass the exit from the airport and then turn, rolling to return to the Bluebonnet detention center.
Meanwhile, Senator Chris van Hollen, D-Md., On Sunday he accused President Donald Trump of Send the United States to a constitutional crisissaying that the members of the Trump administration “are mocking the courts a lot while we talk.”
The Senator’s comments on “Meet The Press” of NBC News occurred days after he returned from a trip to El Salvador, where he met Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland man that Trump’s administration admitted was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month.
Kyiv celebrates an awkward Easter
The surprise offer of Russian President Vladimir Putin of a Easter truce in Ukraine was tested as both parties accused the other of rape The one -day pause in the fight.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that the 30 -hour break in the fight was “enough to appear in the headlines, but not for genuine confidence construction measures,” since he counted hundreds of Russian attacks from the beginning of the cessation to the fire. The Russian Ministry of Defense accused Ukraine of raping the truce with an “attempt” of attack against Russian positions.
In Kyiv, when families gathered to mark the holidays, many doubts expressed about the gesture. “I don’t believe in this,” said Tatiana Yemets, a 36 -year -old accountant. “You can say many things, but actions speak for themselves. I don’t believe in this.”
Analysts say that the moment of the declaration of Alto El Fuego de Putin, since the United States threatens to move away from the peace negotiations without important progress, suggests a tactical movement instead of any significant step towards decalcalation.
Peter Watkins, associate member of the group of experts based in London, Chatham House, told NBC News that Putin’s statement seems opportunism “to give the impression of being constructive, flexible, before conversations.”
‘Know the press’
Senator John Kennedy, R-La., pushed back On Trump’s expressed interest in sending US citizens who commit crimes to prisons abroad.
“We have our own laws. We have the eighth amendment to the Constitution. We must not send prisoners to foreign countries, in my opinion,” Kennedy told Moderator Kristen Welker in “Know the press.”
Kennedy also discussed Kilmar Abrego García, Maryland’s man that the Trump administration admits that he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
Deporting Abrego García “it was a disorder,” Kennedy said, but added that he was not worried about the administration doing something similar in the future.
The Republican senator said he does not believe that the administration is ignoring federal judicial decisions in this case. The Democrats, who point out the judicial decisions that ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Abrego García to the United States, are claiming otherwise.
“I don’t think President Trump challenges the order of a federal judge. If he does, I will call him,” Kennedy said. “I love the rule of law. I love how the devil loves sin.”
Politics shortly
- I told you? A group of Senate Democrats took heat last month when they voted for a republican bill to avoid a government closure. Now, They feel claimed.
- Life after Congress: The former United States representative Barbara Lee The victory declared on Saturday as the new mayor of OaklandA city of San Francisco Bay that wobbles for economic stagnation, crime and lack of housing.
- More protests: A large number of people gathered near the White House On Saturday to protest Trump’s agenda, based on a generalized effort of Anti-Trump organizers to galvanize voters.
Pope Francis makes an appearance on Easter Sunday
Pope Francis went to his open popemobile to greet the crowds on Easter Sunday, blessing babies and children following a serious health crisis that saw him spend five weeks in the hospital.
“Dear brothers and sisters, happy Easter,” said the 88 -year -old pontiff, before The balcony of the Basilica of San Pedro In the Vatican, speaking with the crowd gathered in the Plaza de San Pedro.
He did not directed the Easter Mass, with Cardinal Angelo Comastri, an architriector retired from the Basilica of San Pedro, taking its place and delivering the homily that Francis has prepared.
On Sunday morning, Francis also held a brief private meeting with Vice President JD Vance, who is Catholic. Last week, Francis publicly rebuked the Trump administration for his repression of immigration and international aid, and in February, he had written an unusual open letter to US Catholic bishops that said that an “important crisis” was being carried out in the United States, referring to “the initiation of a mass deportation program.”
Notable appointment
Christmas is in danger.
Greg Ahearn, President and CEO of the Association of Toy
Toy industry officials are warning of US consumers who Wait higher prices and less options this year – Even for holidays, due to Trump’s rates.
In case you have lost it
- Florida State University Leadership has changed course On a return on Monday proposed to the campus after Thursday’s mass shooting that left two dead and six injured, after the students insisted that it was too early.
- TO Second round of conversations Among the United States and Iran concluded with both parties that sought to relieve increasing tensions about possible military action and nuclear ambitions in Iran.
- The annual Lyrid meteorit’s rain has returned and will reach its peak Monday night and on Tuesday morning.
- Oklahoma He claimed his seventh Victory of the National Gymnastics Championship since 2014, with the teams superior to the Sooners with multiple Olympic medalists.
- A 12 -year -old and a woman were killed in Oklahoma after The vehicle was swept under a bridge In the midst of a severe storm system that brought great hail and strong winds to a region that covers from the south to the northeast.
- Louisiana, Missouri and Virginia reported its first cases of measles In 2025, and they say that the cases of the three patients are linked to international trips.
