Judge Temporarily Blocks Deportation of Detained Afghans to Afghanistan or Pakistan

A federal judge in New York, Valerie Caproni, temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, from deporting Afghans detained in the United States to Afghanistan or Pakistan. Her order expires Saturday, November 7. The government told the court that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had no chartered or commercial flights to deport Afghan nationals to either country at least until the end of the week, and the order directs officials to adhere to that statement. ICE books deportation flights weeks in advance. On Monday, a letter led by California Democratic Representative Scott Peters and signed by 65 other House and Senate members went to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. It said they were extremely concerned that sending vulnerable people would expose them to persecution, torture or even death. Immigrant rights groups also issued warnings. The New York Times reported that the administration had arranged a flight to send dozens of Afghans back, including one woman.

Newsmax, on the right, leads with the court ruling. Its headline says a federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump plan, and its opening matches the wire account: the New York judge, the Tuesday timing, and warnings from advocates and dozens of members of Congress. The available excerpt does not go beyond that. The New York Times, on the left, leads with the deportation itself. Its headline centers on an Afghan woman among dozens to be deported, and it says the administration arranged the flight despite the risk of Taliban persecution. That puts the people affected and the danger they face ahead of the court's action. Both sides cover the same underlying dispute. They differ in starting point: the right sample frames a judicial block on a presidential plan, while the left sample frames a flight in motion. The Hindu and AP largely match the right's ruling-first approach, and The Hindu adds the flight statement and the Peters letter.