Elora Mukherjee

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Leading legal challenges to Trump’s detention and coercion tactics

An ICE officer emailed a Colombian couple in Texas a choice no parent should face: board a deportation flight or risk a 10‑year prison sentence and losing their six‑year‑old to federal custody. They abandoned their trafficking victim visa case and were on a plane to Bogotá within weeks.

Updated May 11