Trump 2nd term live updates: Dan Bongino named as deputy FBI director

Early this month, as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, the first flight carrying "high threat" migrants landed at Guantanamo Bay, home of the notorious U.S. prison camp that administration officials said would house the most violent "worst of the worst" migrants apprehended on American soil.

ABC News, however, has spoken with the families of two migrants who say they're being held there despite having no criminal record.

"He told us he was being targeted because of his tattoos ... he was accused of being part of [the Venezuelan gang] Tren de Aragua, but that is not true," said Barbara Simancas, the sister of Jose Rodriguez Simancas who is reportedly one of the migrants in Guantanamo. "His tattoos have nothing to do with that ... they are of his children's names."

ABC News also spoke with Jhoan Lee Bastidas, the father of Jhoan Lee Bastidas Paz, who is being held at Guantanamo Bay. He was charged with "improper entry" into the U.S. in November 2023 and pleaded guilty. Court records also indicate he has "no criminal history" besides that charge.

Lee Bastidas told ABC News he found out about his son's detention when his other son saw a photo on social media of Bastidas Paz on a military flight to Guantanamo.

"We're thinking the worst things because on social media, they say Guantanamo is the worst ... that it's where they house the terrorists," Lee Bastidas said. "I am tormented."

-ABC News' Laura Romero and James Hill

During President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s first joint interview since the election, Fox News host Sean Hannity asked if DOGE employees were getting paid for their work.

"Nobody at DOGE gets paid a penny, right?" Hannity asked.

"Some people actually are federal employees," Musk responded.

"It's fair to say the software engineers at DOGE could be earning millions of dollars a year, instead of earning a small fraction of that as federal employees," he added.

The Trump administration cut off funding to organizations that provide pro bono representation and other legal assistance to unaccompanied migrant children, according to a memo obtained by ABC News.

In an email sent by the Department of the Interior, the organizations that receive federal grants were told to stop "all activities" related to the work they do to support migrant youth facing deportation.

"The stop-work order shall remain in place until you are notified otherwise," said the memo.

For unaccompanied minors, having an attorney could be the determinative factor as to whether they get to stay in the U.S. or are forced to return to their home country.

ABC News previously reported that thousands of unaccompanied children are representing themselves in immigration court due to a shortage of attorneys. In 2023, only 56% of unaccompanied minors in immigration courts were represented by counsel, according to data from the Department of Justice.

-ABC News' Laura Romero

A federal judge late Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order that would have forced three transgender inmates into male prisons.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth -- nominated to the bench by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987 -- determined that transferring the transgender prisoners would likely violate the Eighth Amendment that protects against cruel and unusual punishment.

Judge Lamberth noted that the three transgender inmates who brought the case provided “uncontroverted evidence” that they would be at increased risk of sexual violence if they transferred, and the transfer, coupled with a freeze in their hormone therapy medication, could cause severe harm.

The judge already granted a temporary restraining order in the case and faulted the government for providing no additional information about how they would resolve the plaintiff’s concerns, further justifying the longer-term preliminary injunction.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous