Judge orders Trump admin to 'not remove' Venezuelans after ACLU says they were 'persecuted' as criminals [View all]
Source: Law & Crime
Apr 14th, 2025, 4:17 pm
A federal judge in Colorado has demanded that the Trump administration “not remove” a pair of Venezuelan men in immigration custody who say they have been wrongly “persecuted” and “characterized in the media” as members of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang — saying they must remain in the U.S. until the Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit or lower court vacates her new order protecting them, as the president continues to deport people under an 18th-century wartime authority.
U.S. District Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney handed down the directive in a Monday minute order after lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit over the weekend and emergency motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on behalf of two anonymous men, identified as D.B.U. and R.M.M., who are being held at the Denver Detention Contract Facility in the Mile High City.
Lawyers for the ACLU say the two Venezuelans are at “imminent risk of removal” under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 (AEA), which is being used by the Trump administration to justify its mass deportations of Venezuelan men that it claims are members of Tren de Aragua (TdA) — without due process or proof, the ACLU says.
The Colorado filing marks the third time a federal suit has been filed by the ACLU over the government’s use of the AEA. The group is also leading a prominent case in Washington, D.C., overseen by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, and another in Texas.
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Full headline: ‘May never get out of these prisons’: Judge orders Trump admin to ‘not remove’ Venezuelans after ACLU says they were ‘persecuted’ as criminals
There are 3 cases for this going - the biggie in D.C., one in TX, and this one now in CO.
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