The Guardian….
At least 50 Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador had entered the United States legally, according to a review by the Cato Institute.
The report, published by the libertarian thinktank on Monday, analyzed the available immigration data for only a portion of the men who were deported to El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), and focuses on the cases where records could be found.
“The government calls them all ‘illegal aliens.’ But of the 90 cases where the method of crossing is known, 50 men report that they came legally to the United States, with advanced US government permission, at an official border crossing point,” Cato said in its report.
“The proportion isn’t what matters the most: the astounding absolute numbers are,” reads the report. “Dozens of legal immigrants were stripped of their status and imprisoned in El Salvador.”…
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The Trump administration has accused many of the deported Venezuelan men of gang involvement, but in many cases, those claims appear to hinge largely on their tattoos.
Many of the tattoos cited as evidence have no connection to gang activity. The markings reflect, in many cases, personal or cultural references….
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A federal judge on Wednesday found that the Trump administration “unquestionably” violated a court order when it quickly deported immigrants to South Sudan.
The big picture: The rebuke from U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy is among the strongest against President Trump’s deportation agenda, which has tested the powers of the executive over the judiciary.
The latest: The deported individuals must be given access to counsel and a reasonable fear interview in private with at least 72-hours notice, Murphy said in a court order later Wednesday.
“Should any individual raise a fear with respect to deportation to the third country that DHS determines falls short of ‘reasonable fear,’ the individual must be provided meaningful opportunity, and a minimum of 15 days, to seek to move to reopen immigration proceedings to challenge the potential third-country removal,” the judge wrote.
The Department of Homeland Security must provide status reports every seven days on each of the individuals, Murphy added.
It’s up to the department’s discretion whether they choose to return the individuals to the U.S. and carry out the process in the country, or whether they do so abroad in DHS custody, per the order…..
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I’m NOT a lawyer …
But It DOES appear that the Trump Admin HAS decided that IT will IGNORE Federal Judges, Courts including the US Sepreme Court in exporting people out of the US whenever they want?