- Trump’s legal team signals he will not testify in impeachment trial
- Joe Biden sends message to global leaders: ‘America is back’
- US to cut off support for Saudi-led operations in Yemen
- No Republican action against Cheney or Greene after vote
- Indigenous Americans dying from Covid at twice rate of white Americans
US immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) canceled a deportation flight to west Africa because of allegations of brutality by Ice agents in the treatment of the deportees, the agency has said in a statement.
The statement emailed to the Guardian and the cancellation of the deportation flight, so that would-be deportees can be interviewed as witnesses, marks a dramatic change in tone by the agency, which has hitherto deflected and denied earlier allegations of human rights abuses.
Related: Exclusive: Ice cancels deportation flight to Africa after claims of brutality
That’s it from me today. My west coast colleague, Maanvi Singh, will take over the blog for the next few hours.
Here’s where the day stands so far:
