Deporting Americans?

By German Lopez

Over the past week, President Trump has shown us what mass deportations look like.

His administration sent three American children from two different families to Honduras along with their undocumented mothers on Friday. One of the kids, a 4-year-old boy, is in the fourth stage of a rare form of cancer.

As Trump ramps up deportations, more sympathetic cases like these are likely to pop up. Trump wants to deport all undocumented immigrants. Some of them are genuine criminals who have done awful things while staying in the United States illegally. Most of them are not. They are people who came to this country looking for work or fleeing horrible conditions back home. They might be pregnant, as one of the deported moms is, or ill or parents of U.S. citizens. Still, they are undocumented, so they’re on Trump’s deportation list.

The administration says that it has a mandate to carry out campaign promises and restore law and order. Most Americans, however, believe that only some unauthorized migrants should be deported, polling suggests.

In the cases of the three American children, the courts may get a say.

Officials detained the families during routine check-ins with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The authorities took the mothers and their children — 2, 4 and 7 years old — hours away from the site of their appointments in New Orleans, the families’ lawyers said. Within days, they were gone. The lawyers couldn’t reach the mothers until after they arrived in Honduras.

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A Trump-appointed federal judge, Terry Doughty, issued a brief order in the case of the 2-year-old on Friday, setting a hearing to get more information. The 2-year-old’s father reportedly said that he wanted his daughter to remain in the United States. Doughty said that he had a “strong suspicion that the government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.”

The administration insists that it didn’t deport U.S. citizens. Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, said that officials gave the mother of the 2-year-old a choice to leave her child in the United States or take the girl to Honduras. And Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the kids, but not the mom, could come back if their father or someone else took them.

The administration is seemingly trying to avoid the kinds of family separations that drew widespread criticism during Trump’s first term, but it also doesn’t want to show mercy to unauthorized migrants. It criticizes migrants for using birthright citizenship to enter the United States and “anchor” themselves through a child born here. “Having a U.S. citizen child after you enter this country illegally is not a get-out-of-jail-free card,” Homan said.

Trump signed new executive orders related to his immigration crackdown, including one targeting “sanctuary cities.”

Immigrant rights advocates sued the Trump administration, challenging a policy that allows ICE agents to operate in schools and churches.

By Anupreeta Das

I cover South Asia.

After a terrorist attack last week, India has unleashed a salvo of punitive measures against Pakistan. Most important, it pulled out of a water-sharing treaty. Pakistan quickly retaliated, closing off airspace to India.

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These two nuclear-armed countries are often at loggerheads, and it’s usually because of Kashmir, a picturesque Himalayan region that both claim but neither fully controls. They’ve fought three wars over the territory, and low-grade hostility simmers in perpetuity.

Things got much worse recently, though, when the terrorist attack killed 26 people, most of them tourists, in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir on April 22. I wrote about what happened that day. India hasn’t blamed any group for the attack yet, but it implies that the perpetrators were linked to Pakistan. Experts believe that Pakistan has long sponsored terrorism in Kashmir. Pakistan denies any role in the attack.

In addition to the water and airspace moves, both nations canceled visas for each other’s citizens. That separated family members at the border. (The Times told some of their stories here.) And Pakistan suspended its participation in the agreement that divides up Kashmir.

Analysts worry things could get much worse. The attack last week caught the Indian government off guard, exposing a security and intelligence lapse. That’s embarrassing for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose government in 2019 took control of Kashmir, which had been guaranteed autonomy in the Indian Constitution. Now domestic pressure could push the Indian government to go further, according to analysts.

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India’s last major conflict with Pakistan happened in 2019, when a Pakistani militant used a van filled with explosives as a suicide weapon and killed at least 40 troops in Indian-controlled Kashmir. In response, India carried out airstrikes against Pakistan. Back then, the Trump administration worked to moderate tensions. This time, Trump said, “They’ll get it figured out.”

Related: Here’s what you need to know about Kashmir.

Mark Carney won a new term as Canada’s prime minister. It is not yet clear whether his Liberal Party will secure a parliamentary majority.

The Liberals, who months ago seemed all but certain to lose, owe a large part of their success to Trump’s aggression. “President Trump is trying to break us so he can own us,” Carney said in his acceptance speech. “That will never, ever happen.”

The leader of the Conservative opposition, Pierre Poilievre, lost his seat. Read takeaways from the election.

After Trump said he would reform the Justice Department’s civil rights division, hundreds of staffers decided to leave.

The administration dismissed hundreds of scientists and experts who worked on the government’s flagship climate change report.

Some labs may euthanize their animals, including monkeys, because of Trump’s cuts to research funding.

A crypto firm largely owned by a Trump family corporate entity has eviscerated the boundary between private enterprise and government policy.

The government said it plans to ease the impact of tariffs on cars and car parts and give automakers more time to relocate to the U.S.

To avert Trump’s tariff threat, Mexico has agreed to give the U.S. more water from shared rivers.

After Trump denounced reporters at The Atlantic who asked to interview him, they called his cellphone. He picked up.

Harvard is revamping its D.E.I. office, an apparent effort to appease Trump even as it sues the White House.

The Trump administration told the University of Pennsylvania to strip athletic records from Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer who graduated in 2022.

Default collections from student loans resume next week. Do you have questions about student debt? Ask The Morning here.

Power cut out for hours across Spain and in Portugal. The cause is unknown but officials reported no sign of foul play.

The blackout disrupted daily life and halted trains and subways. See photos.

The conclave to elect the next pope will begin on May 7. About 130 cardinals can vote.

In one of the last things he wrote, Pope Francis urged young people to “believe in love.” Read the full letter, a book foreword.

Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb, has become an intermediary in Ukraine peace talks. In a Times interview, he warned Russia: “You don’t play with President Trump.”

Vladimir Putin ordered a three-day cease-fire in Ukraine next month. Volodymyr Zelensky called it “another attempt at manipulation.”

Israel’s spy chief agreed to step down. He clashed with Benjamin Netanyahu, who tried to fire him.

Amazon launched the first of thousands of internet satellites. But it has much to do before it can compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.

The N.Y.P.D. is investigating a pro-Israel crowd’s attack on a woman in Brooklyn after a protest turned violent.

A group of Times columnists wrote about how Trump’s first 100 days have transformed the country, from the arrest of protesters to the reshaping of U.S. alliances.

Here’s a column by Thomas Edsall on how Trump handles defeat.

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Natural beauty: Panama’s unique location — straddling two continents and two oceans — makes it a wildlife wonder. See stunning bird photos.

Today’s Great Read: David Kaczynski turned in his brother, the Unabomber, to the F.B.I. He spent decades trying to explain.

Most clicked yesterday: Can you memorize “Recuerdo,” a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay? Start the Book Review’s poetry challenge.

Trending online yesterday: Beyoncé opened her Cowboy Carter tour in Inglewood. It included a chopped-and-screwed “Crazy in Love,” an L.A. Times critic wrote.

Lives Lived: Beginning with a competition entry, Peter Lovesey wrote more than 40 mysteries — brainy whodunits in the classic English tradition. He died at 88.

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N.B.A.: Jimmy Butler and the Warriors are up 3-1 in their first-round series against the Rockets after a 109-106 win.

N.H.L.: Both the Stars and the Panthers, the defending champions, won.

Expenses are rising in the restaurant business. To save on rent, some restaurants are skipping a full kitchen. “They are constantly forced to focus and adapt,” Priya Krishna writes. “And their menus are all the more exciting for it.” In her article, Priya highlights five restaurants that are doing the most with the least, including an establishment in Oakland, Calif., that uses a panini press to sear onions, char cabbage and griddle onigiri.

Ten people are on trial in Paris in connection with the 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian. They’re called the “grandpa robbers.”

The late night hosts joked about Trump’s approval rating, which some polls put at 39 percent. “Even measles is polling at 40 percent,” Jimmy Fallon said.

Top a baked sweet potato with goat-cheese whipped cream and hot honey.

Find cheap Broadway tickets with these expert tips.

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A Special Puzzle

The New York Times for Kids recently published a crossword by two very special constructors: Kaela Curry, who is 8 years old, and Nate Curry, who is 10. What — in a world where iPads exist — would motivate two children to spend time putting together a crossword? In an interview with Christina Iverson, a Times puzzle editor, they explained:

Kaela: Our mom and dad were doing it, so I wanted to do it, too.

Nate: Same. And I like solving puzzles.

The puzzle is a bit more direct and simple than a typical Times puzzle, so it’s a great entry point for crossword-curious adults. But it will resonate with kid solvers, with clues that evoke the best of childhood (“‘I think ___, I think ___, I think ___’ — words repeated in ‘The Little Engine that Could’”) and the worst (“Finish your dinner, ___ you may have dessert”).

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