The case in front of the Fifth Circuit emerged from an emergency petition filed by the A.C.L.U. seeking to stop the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan men from the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas.
The dueling moves reflected how federal law enforcement officers have at times been put in the position of pursuing the Trump administration’s shifting political agenda.
The dueling moves reflected how federal law enforcement officers have at times been put in the position of pursuing the Trump administration’s shifting political agenda.
The decision to return and prosecute Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who is accused of belonging to MS-13 and who had been wrongly deported to El Salvador, provided Trump officials with an offramp.
The Sinaloa Cartel, the world’s most-feared fentanyl trafficker, is reeling from an internal war and a U.S.-Mexican crackdown. Its fate could upend global criminal networks.
The Sinaloa Cartel, the world’s most-feared fentanyl trafficker, is reeling from an internal war and a U.S.-Mexican crackdown. Its fate could upend global criminal networks.
The Sinaloa Cartel, the world’s most-feared fentanyl trafficker, is reeling from an internal war and a U.S.-Mexican crackdown. Its fate could upend global criminal networks.
The Sinaloa Cartel, the world’s most-feared fentanyl trafficker, is reeling from an internal war and a U.S.-Mexican crackdown. Its fate could upend global criminal networks.
Top gang leaders being sent back to El Salvador were part of a lengthy federal investigation that has amassed evidence of a corrupt pact between the Bukele government and MS-13.
Top gang leaders being sent back to El Salvador were part of a lengthy federal investigation that has amassed evidence of a corrupt pact between the Bukele government and MS-13.
Mr. Bukele, the Salvadoran president, agreed to help the White House carry out one of Mr. Trump’s signature policy agendas — the mass deportation of immigrants — by allowing scores of them to be housed inside his prisons where they would likely be beyond the reach of the U.S. justice system in exchange for millions of dollars and a request for the return of about a dozen senior members of MS-13 who were facing American charges.
In April, the Trump administration sought to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport a group of Venezuelans held at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas.
The assertion raised questions about criminal charges filed against the migrant. But administration officials reiterated support for prosecuting him in America.
The assertion raised questions about criminal charges filed against the migrant. But administration officials reiterated support for prosecuting him in America.
Lawyers for the administration said that a rule issued by a judge in Maryland intruded on the White House’s inherent powers to “enforce the nation’s immigration laws.”
Lawyers for the administration said that a rule issued by a judge in Maryland intruded on the White House’s inherent powers to “enforce the nation’s immigration laws.”
The U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md. The lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against the district’s chief judge and 14 other federal judges who serve on the bench in Maryland makes clear how strained the relationship between the executive and judicial branches has become.
The ruling was the fourth time in recent months that federal judges directed the government to seek the return of immigrants who were expelled in error or in violation of previous court orders.
The ruling was the fourth time in recent months that federal judges directed the government to seek the return of immigrants who were expelled in error or in violation of previous court orders.
Justice Department lawyers acknowledged that a “perfect storm of errors” led to what they described as the “untimely and inadvertent removal” of Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, a 31-year-old Salvadoran man.
Barbara D. Holmes, a federal judge in Nashville, cast doubt on accusations against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia made by the Justice Department in a 51-page judicial rebuke.
The order to release Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from criminal custody as he awaits trial was a rebuke to the Trump administration. But he is likely to remain in immigration custody.
The order to release Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from criminal custody as he awaits trial was a rebuke to the Trump administration. But he is likely to remain in immigration custody.
Denying the Justice Department’s request to detain the deportee would be a significant rebuke of the Trump administration, which has repeatedly cast him as a dangerous criminal.
Denying the Justice Department’s request to detain the deportee would be a significant rebuke of the Trump administration, which has repeatedly cast him as a dangerous criminal.
Protesters gathered on Friday outside the federal courthouse in Nashville where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was being arraigned after his return from El Salvador.