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June 26, 2026

Supreme Court clears path for Trump to deport hundreds of thousands with protected status

Also: Hugging Face hosts tools for generating deepfake nudes of senior US political figures despite policy ban‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Friday 26 June 2026

Fanatical & Malevolent Actors
Supreme Court clears path for Trump to deport hundreds of thousands with protected status
On 26 June, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can begin mass deportations of people who have been living and working legally in the United States for years, clearing the path for the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.

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