Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get a chance to challenge their removals

Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get a chance to challenge their removals


Boasberg wrote that he accepted the administration's declaration, filed under seal, providing details of the government's deal with El Salvador to house deportees and how that means the Venezuelans are technically under the legal control of El Salvador and not the United States. Several judges have temporarily halted deportations under the act in parts of Texas, New York, California, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, finding the administration's 24 hour window that it gave detainees to challenge their designation under the act did not meet the Supreme Court's requirement of providing a “reasonable” chance to seek relief. Some of the judges in those cases have also found that Trump cannot use the act to target a criminal gang rather than a state, noting that the act has only been invoked three prior times in history — during the War of 1812 and during World Wars I and II.

Author: NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press, LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press


Published at: 2025-06-04 22:22:26

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