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Does Trump be arrested by Democratic MPs?
Updated on May 11th, 2025 – 00:01 a.m.Reading time: 20 min.
The US government increases the pressure on immigrants. Elon Musk is not allowed to simply release US officials, says a judge. All developments in the news blog.
After protests against the arrest of a mayor in Newark by the immigration authority ICE, democratic MPs could also be arrested. Before an ICE set up, they had a discussion with officials. The authority now told the online portal “Axios” that an arrest was not excluded. Congressmen Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez and Lamonica Mciver is accused of attacking the officials. However, these say that civil servants were tackled and prevented from exercising their work as a member of parliament.
US President Donald Trump has given the green light for a government program with which immigrants are to be moved to the country without valid papers. He signed a decree on Friday (local time) that should encourage immigrants to “switch on self”, announced Trump on his online platform Truth Social. Anyone who still stays in the United States must have sanctions such as “considerable prison terms, enormous fines, the confiscation of the entire has and the attachment of all wages” warned the US President.
“To all illegal immigrants: Book your free flight now!” Wrote Trump. It is made as easy as possible to leave the country illegally in the country, each of them can “simply report to an airport”. The free flight can also be booked directly via a cell phone app. “As long as it is not here, you can go wherever you want,” said Trump. In addition, illegal immigrants should receive a kind of hand money if they leave the USA permanently.
The US government announced at the beginning of the week to pay illegal immigrants in the United States $ 1,000 (883 euros) and to take over their travel expenses if they voluntarily return to their home country. According to the US Department of Homeland Protection, the average costs for the arrest, detention and deportation of an illegal migrant in the USA amount to $ 17,121. With the help of the “self -shifting”, the costs could “reduce around 70 percent” – despite taking over the travel expenses and the hand money.
In the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan, both sides have agreed on a ceasefire, according to the United States. In the past few days there have been repeated attacks between the two nuclear powers. Read the whole article here.
In the dispute over the mass layoffs of state employees ordered by US President Donald Trump, a US judge has obtained a preliminary stop. “The court believes that the president has to work together with the congress for the changes he aimed for,” said California’s Federal judge Susan Illston. With an injunction, she suspended layoffs of state officials in several federal authorities for two weeks.
Since taking office in January, US President Trump has massively progressed the radical renovation and the destruction of parts of the US government apparatus. The Department of State Efficiency (Doge) under the direction of Trump’s consultant and tech billionaire Elon Musk is responsible for this.
Donald Trump had decree. The renaming of the Gulf of Mexico into Gulf of America. So the water is now also shown on Google Maps. In contrast, Mexico is now legal. The lawsuit is aimed at the US group. And also against Donald Trump. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the US government “has no authority at all.” Trump has now also stimulated to rename the Persian Gulf into Arabic Gulf. This was followed by criticism from Tehran. Read more about the topic here.