Immigrants that were illegal in the United States are mentioned in court documents under the pseudonym.
On April 23, a federal judge ordered the US government to promote the return of a 20-year-old Venezuela native to the United States from El Salvador, ruling the deportation of the person, violating the settlement reached in a class action lawsuit.
According to court filings, Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed a Venezuelan man mentioned in Christian court documents in El Salvador in March.
The man and other illegal immigrant lawyers said the deportation violated the settlement that reached the case. This is brought about by people who entered the United States as unaccompanied minors, who have submitted asylum applications and have not submitted applications.
Under the settlement, the US government agreed not to remove illegal immigrants until the US Office of Citizenship (USCIS) has finalized the asylum application.
Christian’s application filed in December 2022 when he turned 18 was told by a lawyer representing him to the court. His interview is not scheduled yet.
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The man was deported on March 15th under President Donald Trump’s declaration that the Tren de Aragua gang had invaded the United States, Serna said. The declaration directed officials to remove members of Tren de Aragua.
In another application, government lawyers said the deportation did not violate the settlement because of its designation as an alien enemy under Trump’s alien enemy law appeal.
Judge Gallagher said in her ruling that the settlement would not eliminate immigrants who are designated as enemies under the law.
“Christian is a member of the class and still has the right to receive all the rights granted to him under the settlement agreement,” she writes.
The judge ordered the government to promote Christians’ return to the United States.
“The defendant violated the terms of the settlement agreement by removing at least one class member from the United States while his asylum application is pending at USCIS,” she said. “This is an axiomatic principle of the contract law that if a defendant breaches the contract, the defendant must recover the circumstances that existed before the breach.”
Gallagher pointed to another case in federal court in Maryland that the deportation of Kilmer Abrego Garcia, from El Salvador, involved his deportation to his home country.
In that case, US District Judge Paula Sinis ordered the government to promote Garcia’s return to America.
