A United States district judge has ruled that the Trump administration must provide hundreds of migrants sent to an El Salvador megaprison under the Alien Enemies Act the ability to challenge their deportation.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued his ruling on Wednesday , determining that allowing those deportations to stand without recognizing migrants’ due process would not only violate their rights, but also create an unacceptable precedent. Boasberg also noted that President Donald Trump issued the order for deportations against individuals who his administration had determined were part of the Venezuelan-based Tren de Aragua gang.
An independent examination of migrants who were deported to the El Salvador CECOT prison complex on March 15 and 16 shows that there is no eviden