US EditionVenezuelans held in Salvadoran prison look to challenge deportation in US court
The ruling mandates hearings for 137 deported Venezuelans, addressing due process violations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, with the U.S. government given two weeks to comply.
- U.S. Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to arrange returns for deported Venezuelans after ruling their expulsions violated due process and affirmed their right to challenge removals in U.S. federal courts.
- Earlier this year, President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport 252 migrants classified as Tren de Aragua members to El Salvador's Cecot facility.
- Survivors and advocates report torture at El Salvador's Cecot facility, while lawyers and family members of the detainees deny gang links and say detainees' locations were often secret.
- The order covers 137 of the 252 migrants and requires the Trump administration to present a return plan within two weeks, with hearings possibly beyond U.S. borders.
- In Caracas on Friday, around 40 former detainees urged the United States and El Salvador to comply with the court order, while one 27-year-old barber sued Trump for $1.3 million and pledged to monitor compliance.
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Group of Deported Venezuelans Seek to Challenge Expulsion in US Court
A group of hundreds of Venezuelans, who were held in El Salvador’s maximum security mega-prison before being returned to their home country, on Friday urged the U.S. government to comply with a recent court order and offer them due process in a U.S. court. In March earlier this year, the group was shipped to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center after President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemy Act to deport criminal illegal immigra…
Citizens reported torture, psychological abuse, lack of medical care and degrading treatment in the Salvadoran prison.
Some Venezuelans detained in a prison in El Salvador demanded that they be allowed to challenge their designation as gang members.
Venezuelans held in Salvadoran prison look to challenge deportation in US court
A group of Venezuelans who were sent to a maximum-security El Salvador prison from the US and then returned to Venezuela called on Friday for the United States to comply with a ruling that would allow them to challenge their deportation in US courts.
Caracas, Venezuela. A part of Venezuelan migrants who ended up imprisoned in a megacarcel in El Salvador demanded on Friday from Caracas that the United States allow them to challenge the charges that led to their deportation, as ordered by a federal court decision.A group of 252 Venezuelans who were captured in the United States accused of belonging to the band Tren de Aragua were expelled in March to the dreaded Center for Confining Terrorism …
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