The Trump administration has deported 17 more alleged gang members to El Salvador, the US state department has said, despite legal battles over removing people to the Central American country’s supermax prison.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the group included members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs.
Salvadoran government officials told the BBC they included a mix of Venezuelans and Salvadorans.
How does this legally fly given the previous stay?
It doesn’t, but the point is once they are in El Salvador, good luck getting them back even if the courts win. Because now you’re dealing with a sovereign nation who can easily just say “nah, we don’t feel like giving them back and we don’t respect your courts.” That’s kind of the entire point of sending them somewhere like that to begin with.
Earlier this month a court ordered a halt to deportations carried out under the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law previously used only in wartime. However, US media, citing administration sources, reported that the recent deportations were made under general immigration laws.
That’s all that the article says. We’ll see how the judge responds…
We’ll see how the judge responds…
Stop that or I’ll say stop that again.
What needs to be said is “Mr. President, I’d like you to meet U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens.”
