What Happened Today - #436
Saturday, April 11, 2026
The majority of voting Americans believed Donald Trump when he said he would only deport criminals.
Two Venezuelan doctors in South Texas have been jailed this week despite having valid permits and active cases. Two international students whose only offenses were writing a campus editorial and attending a protest were jailed, then freed by immigration judges who have now been fired for their rulings.
They join tens of thousands of people in custody tonight who are not the criminals this country was told would be removed. Call your representatives through Resistbot and 5 Calls and demand congressional oversight of immigration court firings. When the punishment for ruling against this administration is losing your job, judges are employees.
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TODAY’S CURATED HEADLINES
WAR
1. Vance leaves Pakistan after 21-hour face-to-face talks with Iran collapse over Tehran’s refusal to abandon nuclear weapons. Lebanon death toll surpasses 2,000 | via The Associated Press
MILITARY
2. FAA reverses course and approves military use of high-energy anti-drone lasers in U.S. airspace, two months after shutting down border flights over safety concerns. Tested at White Sands last month | via The New York Times
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
3. Manhattan DA opens investigation into Rep. Swalwell’s alleged sexual assault of a former staffer at a New York City hotel in 2024 | via WNBC New York
SOCIAL SECURITY
4. Social Security Administration appeals arbitrator’s order to restore telework, sending the case to a labor board with a majority of Trump appointees. https://go.govbrief.today/ssa-telework-appeal | via Federal News Network
IMMIGRATION
5. ICE detains second Venezuelan doctor in South Texas in a week, separating an ER physician with a valid work permit from her 5-year-old U.S. citizen daughter. Federally designated underserved medical area | via The New York Times [gift link]
6. Trump administration fires two immigration judges who blocked deportations of pro-Palestinian students Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi. Most recent of 100 immigration judges fired | via The New York Times [gift link]
OVERSIGHT
7. Appeals court allows White House ballroom construction to continue until Thursday, ordering lower court to examine Trump’s national security claims. 3 judge panel made ruling | via UPI
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