That’s in some tension with the result: that they were sent to a prison that is neither in the #US nor their country of origin with NO CHARGES & no clear #legal #authority justifying their continued, indefinite detention. The US govt is paying #ElSalvador to hold them.

That, at least, is what federal ofcls contend: while the #Trump admin invoked the #AlienEnemiesAct to dubiously justify sending 137 detainees to #ElSalvador, >100 others that day had received standard, *lawful* #deportation orders—often to Venezuela—from #immigration courts.

@oldrawgabbit The #SupremeCourt ceased to exist as a democratic institution of #checksandbalances, when TrumpGOP installed their majority of criminals, sexoffenders, alcoholics, billionaires' puppets there.

The #Trump admin’s hurried effort to deport more alleged Venezuelan gang members under the rarely used #AlienEnemiesAct is in defiance of a #SCOTUS order that detainees must be given "reasonable time" to combat the allegations against them, acc/to a court filing obtained by NBC News.

#law #contempt #immigration #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #DueProcess #ChecksAndBalances #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-rubio-ukraine-live-updates-rcna200877#rcrd77256

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals cites news articles about #Trump telling #Bukele that "homegrowns are next."

WOW

Judge Wilkinson writes,

"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos."

Beautiful.

Just released Judge #Xinis letter order on discovery procedure in #KilmarAbregoGarcia v. #KristiNoem et al.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.80.0.pdf

What-the-ever-loving-fuck? #Trump propagandist Karoline Leavitt is inventing shit out of whole cloth here!

Never, has there ever been even a mention of human trafficking in #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s past. Never. Not ever.

(He’s also not M-13, nor a terrorist)
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #gaslighting #propaganda #law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #DualState #SCOTUS #ChecksAndBalances #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower

Ahead of this afternoon’s hearing, lawyers for #KilmarAbregoGarcia accused the #Trump admin of violating a #SCOTUS order demanding that officials “facilitate” his release from a Salvadoran prison. “There is no evidence that anyone has requested the release of Abrego Garcia,” the lawyers wrote. The two sides are scheduled to gather at 4PM in Federal District Court in Maryland.

Tomorrow, Tues, April 15, at 4:00 PM ET, Judge #Xinis will be hearing a “Status Conference” on #KilmarAbregoGarcia et al v. Noem et al.

It’ll be interesting to hear how she responds to the #Trump admin’s latest filing. She has been very plainspoken in her assessment of the #DOJ’s claims.

During ordinary times, this accommodation would reflect an appropriate respect for the constitutional #SeparationOfPowers. In dealing with this Administration, with its maximalist conception of executive authority & its contemptuous attitude toward the #judiciary, the Justices are being played for fools.

That, the govt argued, would intrude on the President’s sole power to conduct foreign relations. So the govt’s responsibility here is to, what, maybe issue #AbregoGarcia a Global Entry card to cut the #immigration line if he somehow turns up at a #US airport? This defiant position cannot stand—not if the rule of #law is to survive.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick has handily outlined #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s legal #immigration history to show that no matter how many times #Trump & his thugs say it, there is no proof #AbregoGarcia is or ever was a M-13 gang member.