Judge blasts administration for planning to deport Iranian immigrants back to Iran during wartime
An ABC News article reports that, per an unsealed transcript, a Justice Department attorney told a federal court on October 15, 2026 that the Trump administration is planning to deport Iranian nationals to Iran through third countries while the U.S. is at war with Iran, in a lawsuit alleging the government shares asylum seekers' information with Tehran. Judge Ana Reyes blasted the plan, asking, "We are going to remove people in our custody to a country with which we are at war?" and likening it to sending people "back to Nazi Germany" in 1942, then ordered five days' notice before any removal. The article also cites ABC News projections that Democrats will take the Senate in the 2026 midterms, 54 seats to 44.
