After being ilegally deported and imprisoned in El Salvador, they will now be sent back to the oppressive regime they fled in the first place, in exchange for ten Americans detained by the Venezuelan government.
Those accused of wrongdoing have the right to challenge the evidence against them before the government takes away their liberty.
The Trump Administration returned the illegally deported migrant from imprisonment in El Salvador after repeatedly claiming they could not do so.
Without such intervention, he warns, the government "could snatch anyone off the street, turn him over to a foreign country, and then effectively foreclose any corrective course of action."
"It's not just one or two administrative errors," says the Cato Institute's David Bier.
Trump admits he could return migrant illegally deported to El Salvador. And an intelligence community report concludes the Tren de Aragua drug gang isn't controlled by the Venezuelan government.
A declassified assessment contradicts the president's assertion that Tren de Aragua is "closely aligned with" the Venezuelan government and acts at its "direction."
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ICE deported Andry Hernandez Romero because his "mom" and "dad" tattoos were allegedly related to a Venezuelan gang.
The president's bizarre insistence that Kilmar Abrego Garcia "had MS-13 tattooed" on "his knuckles" makes him seem like a confused old man.
A new ACLU lawsuit argues that the government still is not giving alleged gang members the "notice" required by a Supreme Court order.
The memo says "Alien Enemies" aren't subject "to a judicial review of the removal in any court of the United States."
More murder, less math, in Ben Affleck's odd but amiable sequel.
The journalist joins the show to discuss due process, immigration enforcement, and the growing tensions between the courts and the executive branch.
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"This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson warned.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the evidence indicates that the government "willfully disobeyed" his order blocking removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members.
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The Supreme Court unanimously rejected that claim, upholding the right to due process in deportation cases.
No, the Supreme Court did not give Trump free rein in the case of a wrongly deported man.
And while U.S. officials admit the deportation was a mistake, they say they're not obliged to bring him back—despite the Supreme Court's ruling.
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Unanimous ruling is a big win for immigrant rights. But it does have unfortunate ambiguities.
Although the Court lifted an order that temporarily blocked removal of suspected gang members, it unambiguously affirmed their right to judicial review.
The Trump administration says it is shameful even to suggest that immigration agents could make such errors.
The Homeland Security secretary's use of El Salvador's largest prison for propaganda is unethical and an endorsement of an autocratic justice system.
The White House invoked a rare wartime law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, sparking a legal battle.
Yet its penitentiary centers are already running at over 300 percent capacity.
But it's also investing more in the cryptocurrency.
Frontier magazine's Peter Gietl and Salvadoran journalist Ricardo Avelar debate the merits of Nayib Bukele's criminal justice policies.
Designating cartels as terrorist organizations could allow the feds to prosecute people who pay protection money—and might pave the way for undeclared war.
In exchange, the government is getting a $1.4 billion loan.
Proponents call it modernization, but watchdogs see a path to censorship.
The country claims to be a leader in crypto transactions. But you can't force people to take a currency they don't want.
A formal partnership between Argentina and El Salvador could signal a major shift in Latin America's approach to digital assets.
With 54 out of 60 seats in Congress, President Nayib Bukele’s party holds significant influence over legislative decisions.
A story about a young man who just wants to legally work, if only the system would let him.
El Salvador stands at a crossroads between popular sentiment and adherence to constitutional principles.
Maria Elena Reimers has been caught in legal limbo for years.
El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Poland offer a window into a post-Roe world.
President Nayib Bukele is using brutal tools to solve a problem driven partly by U.S. immigration policy.
President Nayib Bukele extends “state of emergency” for El Salvador—allowing the police to continue to mass arrest people for little, if any, reason.
Officially adopting the currency is great news, but mandating acceptance is a problem.
These immigrants lived in the United States for nearly two decades before the administration revoked their protected status.
Volcano known as San Miguel, or Chaparrastique
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