Denied, detained, deported: the most high-profile cases in Trump’s immigration crackdown
theguardian.comPublished: 4/18/2025
Summary
High-profile cases include:Felipe Zapata VelásquezView image in fullscreen Bodycam footage of Felipe Zapata Velásquez being arrested by the Gainesville police department. He sued the Trump administration over labeling foreign student protesters anti-Semitic and was told to surrender to immigration officials. Photograph: Ábrego Garcia Family/ReutersThe Salvadoran man was deported to El Salvador by mistake, which the Trump administration admitted. Most of the men are reportedly not violent criminals or members of violent gangs, as the Trump administration asserts, according to a New York Times investigation. His case is being investigated and as of mid-April he was in Ice detention in Rhode Island.