Overview
- U.S. District Judge James Boasberg certified a class covering roughly 200 Venezuelans deported in March after the administration invoked the Foreign Enemies Act.
- He ruled the migrants were denied due process because they were removed with little notice and no opportunity to contest alleged ties to the Tren de Aragua group.
- The government must outline how affected migrants will receive judicial hearings or be permitted to reenter the country to pursue their claims.
- Boasberg is continuing an inquiry into possible violations of his prior order halting deportation flights, with potential witnesses including Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign.
- More than 200 detainees were later sent to Venezuela in a July exchange, and scrutiny of conditions at El Salvador’s CECOT prison has grown after a 60 Minutes segment was withheld from U.S. broadcast.