内容摘要：A comrade who was with Rubliuk when the explosion happened and suffered minor injuries, remembers the moment vividly. “I thought he was dead,” said the soldier who did not give his name in compliance with special forces rules.

A comrade who was with Rubliuk when the explosion happened and suffered minor injuries, remembers the moment vividly. “I thought he was dead,” said the soldier who did not give his name in compliance with special forces rules.

Firefighters work from a deck as the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront property Jan. 8, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)Firefighters work from a deck as the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront property Jan. 8, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

A person walks amid the destruction left behind by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)A person walks amid the destruction left behind by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Robert Lara looks through his home that was destroyed after the Eaton Fire burns in Altadena, Calif., Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Robert Lara looks through his home that was destroyed after the Eaton Fire burns in Altadena, Calif., Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Ari Rivera, rear, Anderson Hao hold each other in front of their destroyed home in Altadena, Calif., Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Ari Rivera, rear, Anderson Hao hold each other in front of their destroyed home in Altadena, Calif., Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Caution tape cordons off townhomes and trees burned by the Eaton Fire on Jan. 13, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Tricia McLaughlin, the DHS spokeswoman, drew a distinction with large-scale releases under Republican President Donald Trump’s predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden. The Biden administration worked closely with shelters but, during its busiest times,

or other public locations.“Unlike under the Biden administration, when ICE has aliens in its custody who are ordered released, ICE does not simply release them onto the streets of a community — ICE works to verify a sponsor for the illegal alien, typically family members or friends but occasionally a non-governmental-organization,” McLaughlin said.

The government has struggled to quickly deport people from some countries because of diplomatic, financial and logistic challenges. Those hurdles have prompted ICE to deport people to countries other than their own, including El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and — this week —If those options aren’t available, ICE may be forced to release people in the United States.