I began writing this post Friday evening intending to discuss obligations of an attorney as an officer of the court and its intersection with the presidential attack on law firms. I toyed as well with explaining why an executive order
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“My Bad,” but “Too Bad”?
I began writing this post Friday evening intending to discuss obligations of an attorney as an officer of the court and its intersection with the presidential attack on law firms. I toyed as well with explaining why an executive order…
Steve Vladeck: “Abrego Garcia, Constructive Custody, and Federal Judicial Power”
The U.S. government has claimed that the return of a noncitizen wrongfully deported to El Salvador is not within its power because the government has transferred him to the authority of the Salvadoran government and he is in a Salvadoran…
Beth Caldwell: Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership
Immigration officers have relied on tattoos as an indication of gang membership. In Department of State v. Munoz (2024), in which the Supreme Court reaffirmed the doctrine of consular nonreviewability, a State Department consular officer relied on tattoos, including…
The Conversation: Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court
Jennifer Selin in The Conversation (“Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court“) considers the case involving the Trump administration’s invocation of the Alien…
Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison
Earlier this week, Kit Johnson blogged about a chilling Time Magazine story about conditions for migrants transported to El Salvador.In The Conversation (“Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison”), …
Time’s Stunning Coverage of Renditions to El Salvador
THIS IS A MUST READ: Time’s What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced. The photographs alone are worth the click through. I don’t think anything else would be quite as compelling to bring to the classroom when discussing…
Venezuelan Professional Goalkeeper Deported to El Salvador
As the Trump administration moves with lightening speed on removals of alleged criminals and gang members, we are learning of troubling cases. Here is one.The Trump administration reportedly deported a Venezuelan professional soccer player, a youth soccer coach with…
Border Update Includes Profiles of 15 Sent to El Salvador
Today’s Border Update from Adam Isacson at the Washington Office on Latin America covers:
Discussion of…
President Maduro (Venezuela) Condemns Trump’s Sending of Venezuelans to El Salvador
Nicolas Maduro, the President of Venezuela, has condemned the United States for sending Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. As CNN reports, Maduro called the move “kidnapping.” From CNN: “Nayib Bukele should not be an accomplice to this kidnapping, because…