Overview

• Salvadoran authorities told the U.N. that the U.S. retains exclusive jurisdiction and legal responsibility for over 200 Venezuelan men held at the Terrorism Confinement Center.
• The statement contradicts administration claims that deported migrants have fallen outside U.S. courts’ reach and lost constitutional protections.
• Lawyers for the detainees say the admission proves the government misled federal judges and are pushing for discovery of the $6 million U.S.-El Salvador detention agreement.
• Federal injunctions have already blocked further removals under the Alien Enemies Act and ordered the return of individuals deported in violation of court orders.
• Plaintiffs are seeking enforcement of existing repatriation orders and expanded litigation to secure due process rights for the deported Venezuelans.