Overview

• Boasberg’s June 4 order requires a detailed plan by June 11 to facilitate habeas relief for at least 137 migrants sent to El Salvador under the 1798 law.
• U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis authorized the unsealing of records in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case and allowed his lawyers to file a sanctions motion against the Justice Department.
• The Supreme Court has ruled that migrants targeted under the Alien Enemies Act must receive sufficient notice and an opportunity to contest their removals before deportation.
• The administration has been accused of defying multiple court orders to return wrongly deported individuals, though it complied in bringing back a Guatemalan man mistakenly sent to Mexico.
• Judges have likened the summary deportations to a Kafkaesque process, underscoring concerns about executive overreach and the need for constitutional checks.