The Latest: Class action lawsuit challenges Trump's crackdown on student visas
President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington. Credit: AP/Alex Brandon
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen spoke about his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
He read from a U.S. Supreme Court opinion issued this week, ordering the Trump administration to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return, and about protecting the constitutional rights of everyone in the U.S.
More than a thousand students have been stripped of their visas and many are now involved in a class action lawsuit filed Friday. In the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student detained in Louisiana, a judge ordered she be released immediately or brought to Vermont.
Here's the latest:
FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates revenue from tariffs
Trump heralds tariffs as a way of bringing in revenue, striking back at countries he sees as taking advantage of the U.S. in trade and as a cudgel to push countries to do what he wants.
On April 2 he announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all trading partners, only to roll most of them back April 9 after the stock market tanked.
Still, he claims that tariffs, taxes on imported goods, are bringing in billions of dollars a day.
President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington. Credit: AP/Alex Brandon
Here’s a look at the facts:
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