That’s in some tension with the result: that they were sent to a prison that is neither in the #US nor their country of origin with NO CHARGES & no clear #legal #authority justifying their continued, indefinite detention. The US govt is paying #ElSalvador to hold them.
That, at least, is what federal ofcls contend: while the #Trump admin invoked the #AlienEnemiesAct to dubiously justify sending 137 detainees to #ElSalvador, >100 others that day had received standard, *lawful* #deportation orders—often to Venezuela—from #immigration courts.
Inside The Fight To Return The Other Men #Trump Sent To #CECOT
The admin removed >100 #Venezuelans to the detention camp without using the #AlienEnemiesAct.
When the Trump admin sent >200 Venezuelans to an El Salvador detention camp last month, nearly half of them were subject to standard #immigration #law.
#Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #ChecksAndBalances #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-the-fight-to-return-the-other-men-trump-sent-to-cecot
The #Trump admin sent more *alleged* gang members to #ElSalvador despite a Massachusetts court order barring #deportations to 3rd-party countries.
They say the order only applied to the #DHS & so they had #DoD carry out the deportations.
Dishonest as hell.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282404/gov.uscourts.mad.282404.72.0.pdf
![DHS did not direct the Department of Defense to remove [fill in the blank for name] The Department of Defense is not a defendant in this action.](https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/393/342/144/982/432/original/040fefe24579c822.png "DHS did not direct the Department of Defense to remove [fill in the blank for name] The Department of Defense is not a defendant in this action.")
An Immigrant Held in #US Custody ‘Simply Disappeared’
The #Venezuelan man did not appear on a list of people sent to a prison in #ElSalvador, & his family & friends had no idea of his whereabouts.
#law #immigration #Trump #RicardoPradaVásquez #WhiteSupremacy #AlienEnemiesAct #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #ChecksAndBalances #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/venezuela-immigrant-disappear-deport-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B08.IFW7.E0ozyGyhHps0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
4 #House #Democrats land in #ElSalvador, demand return of #KilmarAbregoGarcia, a
in Maryland resident who was deported by the #Trump admin to a prison in El Salvador due to an "administrative error."
The group — Reps Robert Garcia, CA; Maxwell Frost, FL; Yassamin Ansari, AZ; & Maxine Dexter, OR — said in a statement they hope "to pressure" the White House "to abide by a Supreme Court order."
#law #immigration #SCOTUS #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/g-s1-61500/house-democrats-land-in-el-salvador-demand-abrego-garcias-return
@oldrawgabbit The #SupremeCourt ceased to exist as a democratic institution of #checksandbalances, when TrumpGOP installed their majority of criminals, sexoffenders, alcoholics, billionaires' puppets there.
Separation of church and state means an absence of both among both.
#Church #State #ChurchAndState #ChecksAndBalances
Amazing truth & fact filled press conference from Sen #VanHollen on his visit to #ElSalvador & the ILLEGAL #rendition of #KilmarAbregoGarcia by #Trump
#law #contempt #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #Trump
The #Trump admin’s hurried effort to deport more alleged Venezuelan gang members under the rarely used #AlienEnemiesAct is in defiance of a #SCOTUS order that detainees must be given "reasonable time" to combat the allegations against them, acc/to a court filing obtained by NBC News.
#law #contempt #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #DueProcess #ChecksAndBalances #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-rubio-ukraine-live-updates-rcna200877#rcrd77256
#US #intelligence contradicts #Trump’s justification for mass #deportations
[wait, what!?!?, but but but…are you saying that #felon47 LIED?????!!!!?!!?!?!?!!]
The determination is the most comprehensive assessment to date undercutting Trump’s rationale for deporting *suspected* *gang members* without #DueProcess.
#law #immigration #UnitedStates #democracy #federalism #ChecksAndBalances #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #SeparationOfPowers #Autocracy #Tyranny
https://wapo.st/4ipRoOd
4/ The administration argues the Supreme Court’s ruling is just a suggestion, not a command. This dangerous loophole could lead to future legal challenges and undermine the separation of powers between the branches of government. #Constitution #ChecksAndBalances #LegalPrecedent
WOW
Judge Wilkinson writes,
"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos."
Beautiful.
Just released Judge #Xinis letter order on discovery procedure in #KilmarAbregoGarcia v. #KristiNoem et al.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.80.0.pdf
What-the-ever-loving-fuck? #Trump propagandist Karoline Leavitt is inventing shit out of whole cloth here!
Never, has there ever been even a mention of human trafficking in #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s past. Never. Not ever.
(He’s also not M-13, nor a terrorist)
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #gaslighting #propaganda #law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #DualState #SCOTUS #ChecksAndBalances #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
Ahead of this afternoon’s hearing, lawyers for #KilmarAbregoGarcia accused the #Trump admin of violating a #SCOTUS order demanding that officials “facilitate” his release from a Salvadoran prison. “There is no evidence that anyone has requested the release of Abrego Garcia,” the lawyers wrote. The two sides are scheduled to gather at 4PM in Federal District Court in Maryland.
Tomorrow, Tues, April 15, at 4:00 PM ET, Judge #Xinis will be hearing a “Status Conference” on #KilmarAbregoGarcia et al v. Noem et al.
It’ll be interesting to hear how she responds to the #Trump admin’s latest filing. She has been very plainspoken in her assessment of the #DOJ’s claims.
