Trump said that millions of people would not be able to have trials, as the government already knew who the criminals were, and it was necessary to get them out of the country as soon as possible.
The U.S. military said on Sunday it will not reveal specific details about its military strikes in Yemen, citing what it called the need “to preserve operational security” while also saying the strikes had “lethal effects” on Houthi rebels.
Republican President Donald Trump ordered the intensification of U.S. strikes on Yemen last month, with his administration saying it will continue assaulting Iran-backed Houthi rebels until they stop attacking Red Sea shipping.
Recent U.S. strikes have killed dozens, including 74 at an oil terminal in mid-April in what was the deadliest strike in Yemen under Trump so far, according to the Houthi-run health ministry.
Rights advocates have raised concerns about civilian killings and three Democratic senators, including Senator Chris Van Hollen, wrote to Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday demanding accounting for loss of civilian lives. Hegseth has also come under fire for using the unclassified messaging system Signal to discuss Yemen attack plans.
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) accused the Trump administration of blatantly lying about the whereabouts of wrongfully deported immigrant Kilmar Ábrego García on Wednesday.
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Per CBS News’ Scott MacFarlane, Van Hollen explicitly said that “the Trump administration is lying” about García.
“If you listen to President Trump… you would think that U.S. courts have found that Mr. Ábrego García is part of MS-13,” Van Hollen said, referring to the violent criminal gang whose origins are in Central America. “But in fact they have not found that. Recently a U.S. federal judge said that the Trump administration did not have evidence to support the claim that he had ever been part of MS-13.”
He also emphasized that García has never been charged with a crime.
