Judge says Trump administration showed 'blatant lawlessness' in deporting man from El Paso
Source: msn/El Paso Matters
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The Trump administration acted with “blatant lawlessness” when it deported a man to Guatemala from El Paso despite a court order prohibiting such action, U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama said in an order Friday compelling the government to return him to the United States.
Guaderrama ordered the man returned from Guatemala to the United States by Dec. 12. He also ordered the government to provide him with daily updates. El Paso Matters is identifying him by his initials, FPP, at the request of his attorney because the man fears for his safety.
At a hearing Wednesday, the government “conceded that (FPP) ‘was subject to withholding of removal to Guatemala at the time he was removed, and therefore the physical removal was unlawful,’” Guaderrama’s order said. Lawyers for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas told Guaderrama at the Wednesday hearing that FPP was “tentatively scheduled” to be returned to the United States the next day, but said later Wednesday that that wouldn’t happen.
“As far as the Court is aware, (FPP) currently remains in Guatemala,” Guaderrama said in his Friday order, which was first reported by Politico. Much of the federal court record regarding FPP’s case is not available to the public because it began as a habeas corpus request. Those requests generally aren’t public records. But in his order, Guaderrama said FPP fled violence in Guatemala in 2012 and sought asylum in the United States.
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