As many as 4 million low-value parcels — most of them originating in China — arrive in the U.S. every day under the soon-to-be canceled provision.
The U.S is one of the biggest donors to South Sudan’s humanitarian aid programs with the total funding in 2024 standing at over $640 million, according to the U.S embassy in South Sudan.Associated Press writers Rebecca Santana, Tim Sullivan and Elliot Spagat contributed to this report.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carrying out mass deportations was a key rallying cry during Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency. Since the day he was sworn into office, his administration has focused on how to make that rallying cry reality.They’ve touted their policy of going after “the worst of the worst” — meaning people who’ve committed crimes in America — while leaning on some nations to take migrants who the U.S. has difficulty deporting to their own countries.They’ve removed protections from hundreds of thousands of people the Biden administration admitted on a temporary basis into the country with the aim of eventually making them deportable.
Here’s a look at the strategies that the Trump administration is using, how they’re targeting people for deportation and some of the challenges they’re running into:Immigration enforcement officials have repeatedly portrayed their initial efforts as going after people they describe as “the worst of the worst.” Those are people who pose public safety or national security threats, people who’ve been arrested or convicted of committing crimes in America or who ICE determines are gang members.
On their social media feeds, they posted a constant stream of photos of people arrested by ICE and crimes they’re alleged to have committed.
Previous administrations have also prioritized people who are considered public safety threats so that strategy isn’t necessarily new.Visitors cross Cheonggye stream near the lanterns hanging to celebrate Buddha’s upcoming birthday, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A Buddhist monk pets a stray dog on his lap during Buddha Jayanti, also known as Buddha Purnima festival, to celebrate Buddha’s birthday, in Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)A Buddhist monk pets a stray dog on his lap during Buddha Jayanti, also known as Buddha Purnima festival, to celebrate Buddha’s birthday, in Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Nepalese vendors carry new butter lamps to sell to devotees during Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima festival in Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Nepalese vendors carry new butter lamps to sell to devotees during Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima festival in Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)