President Donald Trump is questioning the impartiality of the federal judge who blocked his plans to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador. Trump's criticisms come only hours before his administration will ask an appeals court to lift the judge's order. Just after midnight on Monday, President Donald Trump posted a social media message calling for Chief Judge James Boasberg to be disbarred. The judge, meanwhile, refused Monday to throw out his original order before an appeals court hearing for the case. Boasberg ruled that the immigrants facing deportation must get an opportunity to challenge their designations as alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

As the Trump administration works on pledges to crack down on illegal immigration, the flurry of activity has stretched across the federal government. Many immigration and border security functions are centered in the Department of Homeland Security. But President Donald Trump's sweeping promises have translated into a whole-of-government approach. Nearly every major Cabinet agency is an immigration agency in Trump's government. The departments of State, Defense and Justice have made immigration a clear priority. Parts of the departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services have been involved in enforcement, too. The reach of immigration is only expected to grow, with Trump signing an executive order aimed Wednesday at ending federal benefits for people in the U.S. illegally.

Visa appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia have been canceled following a dispute over deportation flights that nearly turned into a costly trade war between both countries. On Monday morning, hundreds of Colombians showed up outside the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, and were handed letters by local staff that said their appointments — which can take up to two years to obtain — had been canceled "due to the Colombian government's refusal to accept repatriation flights of Colombian nationals."

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office in January with a promise of carrying out mass deportations, leaving Honduras and other Central American countries bracing for a potential influx of vulnerable migrants — a situation they are ill-prepared to handle. Migrants and networks aiding deportees in Central America's Northern Triangle worry their return could thrust them into even deeper economic and humanitarian crises, fueling migration down the line. "We don't have the capacity" to take so many people, said Antonio García, Honduras' deputy foreign minister. "There's very little here for deportees." People who return, he said, "are the last to be taken care of."