A federal judge ruled that the people sent to El Salvador’s CECOT prison must be given a chance to challenge their deportation.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg said “at least 137” migrants sent to the prison in March weren’t given the ability to contest both their removals from the United States and allegations they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
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He claimed “significant evidence” has emerged indicating that many of those imprisoned aren’t gang members “and thus languish in a foreign prison on flimsy, even frivolous, accusations.”
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Boasberg gave the Trump administration one week to return with a way in which the imprisoned migrants, under the custody of El Salvador, can contest the allegations against them.
The judge ruled that he accepted the Trump administration’s claim that the Venezuelan migrants were under the jurisdiction of El Salvador, however.