Judge Demands Answers on Detained Venezuelan Immigrants | JQJO

A federal judge is demanding more information from the Trump administration regarding the conditions under which approximately 200 Venezuelan immigrants are detained in El Salvador. These immigrants were deported in March under an 18th-century law, and the judge needs to determine if the U.S. maintains "constructive custody." The administration's lawyer refused to disclose details of a reported $20 million deal with El Salvador. The ACLU seeks the immigrants' return to the U.S., while the judge considers whether the government should be held in contempt for ignoring his previous order. The Supreme Court ruled deportations under the cited law require court hearings, a point the judge emphasized, highlighting the administration's misleading portrayal of the ruling.