US EditionJudge Boasberg orders return of Venezuelan men deported under Alien Enemies Act
Judge Boasberg ruled the Trump administration must fund and facilitate travel for Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador to return and resume legal challenges.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to facilitate return of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison, citing flagrant due-process violations and refusal of remedies.
- The administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act last March to remove two planeloads of alleged gang members, defying an order to turn planes with more than 200 Venezuelans aboard.
- Boasberg ordered logistical steps and specific timelines, giving lawyers for the Venezuelan men until Feb. 27 to identify travelers and requiring a March 13 report on transport plans.
- Returned individuals could be held in immigration custody and face re-deportation, while the ruling permits Venezuelans to file habeas pleadings from abroad to challenge their designation or prove nonmembership in Tren de Aragua.
- Because of foreign-affairs concerns, Boasberg declined to apply his return order to those remaining in Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro's removal last month and asked about feasibility of returns.
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Judge says U.S. must help return some of the Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U.S. at the government's expense.
Judge says U.S. must help bring back a handful of Venezuelans deported to notorious prison
The case has been a legal flashpoint in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. It started in March after President Trump invoked the 18th century Alien Enemies Act to send Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members to a mega-prison in El Salvador.
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‘The Solution-less Mire’ In a careful, incremental, and modulated ruling designed to withstand an all but certain appeal by the Trump DOJ, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of D.C. ordered the administration to facilitate the return to the United States of a subset of the Venezuelan nationals spirited out of the country 11 months ago under the wartime Alien Enemies Act. It marks the second time Boasberg has ordered the return of AEA detainees. …
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A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. government to make the necessary arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants deported to a prison in El...
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