A day after a federal appeals court affirmed a court order directing the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a deported 20-year-old Venezuelan man to the United States, the judge overseeing the case has ordered the administration to report “the steps they have taken” to do so.

The man, identified in court records by the pseudonym “Cristian,” challenged his removal after he was sent in mid-March on a flight to El Salvador after Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act by arguing that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is a “hybrid criminal state” that is invading the United States.

U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher, a Trump appointee, found in April that Cristian’s removal violated a class action settlement on behalf of individuals who entered the U.S. as unaccompanied minors then later sought asylum, and she directed the government to take steps toward “aiding, assisting or making easier” Cristian’s release and return – similar to the remedy ordered by the judge in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

  • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    We… Uhh… Asked politely and they said no. Well, technically the guy said he doesn’t know how and suggested he’d have to smuggle him into the US which he won’t do. Which is weird to say when we’re asking for the guy back. Like, you can just hand him off to us. We’ll take him back over the border. It’s not complicated.