The judge said the plaintiffs had established that both agencies had likely violated federal law by granting DOGE sweeping access to sensitive personal information in violation of the Privacy Act of 1974.

According to the Judge, that information, included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses, income and assets, citizenship status and disability status for current and former federal employees and student aid recipients.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration had argued that a ruling blocking DOGE from accessing the information would impede the Republican president’s ability to fulfill his agenda by limiting what information his advisors can access.

However, an appointee of Trump’s Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, Boardman, said her order prevents the disclosure of the plaintiffs’ sensitive personal information to DOGE affiliates who, on the current record, do not have a need to know the information to perform their duties.

The White House is yet to comment on the development.

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The document, titled ‘Non-citizens on the ICE Non-Detained Docket with Final Orders of Removal by Country of Citizenship,’ shows that Mexico and El Salvador top the list of nations facing the highest number of deportations, with 252,044 and 203,822.

As revealed in the document, 1,445,549 non-citizens were on ICE’s non-detained docket with final removal orders as of November 24, 2024.

The development comes as the Trump-led administration swung into action with its anti-illegal immigrant policies upon his inauguration on January 20, 2025.

In a follow-up to Trump’s tough stance against illegal immigrants, the US Justice Department also threatened to prosecute local and state authorities that failed to comply with immigration directives.

Consequently, 538 illegal immigrants were deported from the United States on January 23.

Still, Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, disclosed on her official X handle that the largest deportation operation in history was underway.

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Reacting, a Nigerian in Florida who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that many illegal immigrants have been living in fear since the emergence of Trump.

According to him, it is believed that African illegal immigrants may be next for Trump’s clampdown.

He noted that due to fear, many illegal immigrants of African descent, especially Nigerians, have stopped working to avoid being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE agents.

Meanwhile, Nigeria’s federal government has said a total of 201 Nigerians are currently in the custody of the US authorities and are ready for deportation.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the date and time of their deportation had not been communicated to the Federal Government.

The acting spokesperson for the ministry, Kimiebi Ebienfa, stated that for Nigerians to be deported, the established diplomatic practice was to officially communicate such intentions to the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC.

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Petro posted that the US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals.

US officials said that two military planes from San Diego were due to land in Colombia with migrant deportees, but the plans were scrapped due to complications.

Trump, while speaking on the matter in a post on Truth Social, said emergency tariffs on all goods entering the US from Colombia would be implemented immediately.

According to Trump, the 25 percent tariffs would be increased to 50 percent in a week.

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The president said the US would impose a travel ban and immediate visa revocations on Colombian government officials.

Trump also said there would be visa sanctions on Colombian government supporters, and enhanced customs and border protection inspections of all Colombian nationals and cargo on national security grounds.

The US president said his administration would not allow the Colombian government to violate its legal obligations concerning the acceptance and return of the criminals they forced into the United States.

Trump had promised to carry out mass deportations of illegal migrants during the campaigns for the US presidential elections.

Recall, the president signed multiple executive orders related to immigration on his first day in office.

Some of Trump’s executive orders were signed to expand immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, ability to arrest and detain unlawful migrants on US soil.

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