A federal judge issued a major order on Thursday, requiring the Trump administration to bring back a group of Venezuelan men who were hastily deported by DHS last year so they can finally complete their court proceedings. This ruling is a significant judicial setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, often without the standard court hearings or advance notice.
Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg, sitting in D.C., determined that the administration had denied due-process rights under the Constitution to 137 Venezuelan men. They had been removed in March under the rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act. He wrote, “It is worth emphasizing that this situation would never have arisen had the Government simply afforded Plaintiffs their constitutional rights before initially deporting them.”
