Overview

• Freed detainees have returned to Venezuela and filed lawsuits to clear their names and seek compensation for torture and denial of due process at CECOT prison.
• Migrants have publicly detailed systematic abuse in CECOT, including beatings, sexual violence and isolation from lawyers and family during four months of detention.
• Federal courts are pursuing contempt proceedings against administration officials for defying injunctions that blocked deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
• Whistleblower complaints allege DOJ officials, among them newly confirmed Third Circuit Judge Emil Bove, conspired to mislead judges about deportation plans.
• Human rights organizations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights continue pressing for accountability over the unprecedented use of the 1798 wartime law.