ACLU Asks Court To Make Trump Bring All Migrants Labeled 'Alien Enemies' From El Salvador Prison
Source: HuffPost
ACLU Asks Court To Make Trump Bring All Migrants Labeled ‘Alien Enemies’ From El Salvador Prison
The petition expands those covered by the ACLU's request to all migrants held at the CECOT megaprison under the Alien Enemies Act, not just those at risk of being sent there.
By Paul Blumenthal and Jessica Schulberg
Apr 25, 2025, 03:10 PM EDT
|Updated Apr 25, 2025
The ACLU asked a federal court on Thursday to order that the Trump administration bring back all of the men it sent to an infamous prison in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act so their cases can be heard by courts and they can receive the due process they were denied.
The new request from the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents a group of Venezuelan men labeled as “alien enemies” by the administration in the case of J.G.G. v. Trump, came in the form of an amended complaint and petition requesting the D.C. District Court to identify those currently detained in CECOT and those who may be sent there as classes that can obtain class-wide relief from the court. The relief the ACLU seeks is the release of all the men designated as alien enemies from prison in El Salvador and their return to the U.S.
The Trump administration must “immediately request and take all reasonable steps to facilitate the return of the subclass to the United States from Respondents’ jailer in El Salvador,” the petition asks the court to rule. “That includes, but is not limited to, requiring Respondents to request that their contractors and agents in El Salvador transfer the CECOT Subclass to the physical custody of the United States, and requiring Respondents to cease paying their contractors and agents in El Salvador to detain the CECOT Subclass.”
This petition represents an expansion of the ACLU’s legal efforts to counter the Trump administration’s rendition policy to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act by seeking to obtain the release and return of all CECOT detainees, not just those at risk of being sent there. The amended complaint adds to the case new plaintiffs who are currently held in CECOT, including Frengel Reyes Mota, a 24-year-old Venezuelan with a pending asylum case, and Andry Jose Hernandez Romero, a 31-year-old gay makeup artist. Previously, the ACLU only represented detainees inside the U.S. and sought to stop their removal to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act.
The Trump administration has accused, without providing evidence, ...
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