On April 7, the Supreme Court held that the government must notify Venezuelan immigrants “in reasonable hours” and give them the opportunity to legally challenge their removal before being deported to El Salvador’s maximum security prison.
The Trump administration was made public during a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Brownsville, Texas, when a notice was made public which was deemed appropriate in response to a Supreme Court order.
Before Saturday, when the Supreme Court issued a second order that prevented the deportation of groups of Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemy Act of 1798, detainees planning to be deported were One-page form It said, “If you want to make a call, you will be allowed to do so.” 4 Page Declaration by immigration and customs enforcement officials.
They then had “more than 12 hours” to “express their intentions” to challenge detention, and for another 24 hours filed a habeas-protection petition seeking a hearing before the judge, the declaration said. The form itself is written in English, but “it is read and explained by each alien in the language that the aliens understand.”
The hearing was part of the case in which the plaintiffs were three Venezuelan men in custody at Elvare detention facility about 50 miles from Brownsville.
Detainees’ attorneys held elsewhere in the Northern District of Texas have challenged the government’s claim that notifications will be given. They also said the form had not been explained to the detainees and they were told to sign the document.
Details of the notice were made at a two-hour hearing before Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. Fernando Rodriguez Jr. sealed the ice declaration after rejecting the government’s stance that it would remain sealed because it contained sensitive law enforcement details.
Judge Rodriguez has also expressed skepticism about President Trump’s claims Presidential Order That men could be deported under the alien enemy law because of the government’s claim that they are gang members. The government tried to defend it Trump’s words The activity by Tren de Aragua amounted to “invasion” and “predatory invasion”, but it was unable to provide what the judge requested: documents from the time the law was passed in favour of that argument.
“You give me your views on what the words mean,” he said. “What I’m looking for is the meaning of the words at the time.”
Shortly after the hearing, ACLU’s Lee Gelernt, one of the three plaintiffs’ lawyers, said the notice given to his client was insufficient.
“Twelve hours are clearly too short to find out who to contact. To file a 12-hour habeas-safety clause is clearly inconsistent with the legitimate process, or the concept of a Supreme Court ruling,” he said.
Judge Rodriguez is one of at least five district court judges who have issued a temporary restraining order banning the deportation of individuals from the district under alien enemy laws. He and another of the five judges were appointed by Trump.
At the end of Thursday’s hearing, Judge Rodriguez extended the restraining order to a week, and until May 2nd.
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