"A federal judge scolded the Trump administration (April 15) for dragging its feet in complying with a Supreme Court order that directed the White House to 'facilitate' the release of a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador last month." — The New York Times, April 16, 2025 "The Trump administration is seeking to spend tens of billions of dollars to set up the machinery to expand immigrant detention on a scale never before seen in the United States." — The New York Times, April 8, 2025 Some 42 percent of adults "say deportations of immigrants who are in the country illegally will lead to increased food prices." — Pew Research Center, April 15, 2025 More than 200,000 people "have turned out to cheer on a fiery anti-Trump, anti-billionaire message from Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York during their 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour of Western states." — The New York Times, April 17, 2025 Xavier Becerra, a former congressman and President Biden's health secretary, announced a run for California governor "setting up a potential clash with former Vice President Kamala Harris." — The New York Times, April 4, 2025 Modelo Especial, the top-selling beer in the U.S., slumped in sales with immigration crackdown, New York Post reported April 11. "Latino customers, who represent roughly half of Modelo's customer base, have pulled back on social gatherings." "Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist who combined gritty realism with playful erotica and depictions of the struggle for individual liberty in Latin America, while also writing essays that made him one of the most influential political commentators in the Spanish-speaking world, died." He was 89. — The New York Times, April 15, 2025 … "Reinaldo Herrera, a dapper Venezuelan aristocrat, married to the fashion designer Carolina Herrera, whose social connections made him an indispensable story wrangler and all-around fixer for Vanity Fair magazine, where he served as a contributing editor for more than three decades, died." He was 91. — The New York Times, April 1, 2025 "Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa won re-election." — United Press International, April 14, 2025