It’s the first such order in the mounting legal saga surrounding President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of men to a…
It’s the first such order in the mounting legal saga surrounding President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of men to a supermax prison in El Salvador.The order by Judge Keith P. Ellison of the Southern District of Texas gives the government 24 hours to confirm the location of the plaintiff — a 24-year-old Venezuelan man — and 48 hours to “restore and help maintain attorney-client communication” with him.
“My son is not a gang member,” said Agelviz’s mother, Lisbeth Carolina Sanguino, who is now living in San Antonio with her two other sons. “He’s a young man who’s never hurt anyone.” Advocates and lawyers representing the men in CECOT have found that a majority of them had no criminal records. Many also did not violate any immigration laws when they came to the United States, But at least three, including Agelviz, came to the United States under the refugee resettlement program, according to Michelle Brané, executive director of Together and Free, a nonprofit group assisting more than a hundred families of deported Venezuelans.
In a statement, a White House official said: “DHS intelligence assessments go well beyond just gang affiliate tattoos and social media. Tren De Aragua is one of the most violent and ruthless terrorist gangs on planet earth. They rape, maim, and murder for sport. President Trump and Secretary Noem will not allow criminal gangs to terrorize American citizens.”
“I never approved of the tattoos,” Sanguino said. “But he asked me so much that when he turned 18, I finally said, ‘Go ahead, but I don’t want to see them.’” The refugee program is reserved for people fleeing armed conflict and targeted persecution; it is rarely granted to Venezuelans or other migrants from the Americas, and it is typically associated with people fleeing war in the Middle East and Africa.
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