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4. sends more migrants to El Salvador as legal scrutiny over flights mounts

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Tue Apr 1, 2025, 08:17 AM

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March 31, 2025 at 7:29 p.m. EDTYesterday at 7:29 p.m. EDT

By Arelis R. Hernández and Natalie Allison

The Trump administration has transferred 17 alleged gang members to El Salvador, the second such removal in two weeks, as the president pushes forward with his plan to send migrants to a notorious jail in Central America despite mounting concern over whether he can lawfully do so.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that a military plane flew the alleged Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members to El Salvador on Sunday evening, in what he described as a “counterterrorism operation.”

The migrants included 10 Salvadoran and seven Venezuelan men who were previously being held at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station, according to a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the operation. All were removed under federal immigration law, not the Alien Enemies Act, which an appeals court has blocked the administration from utilizing while a legal battle over the wartime provision plays out in court ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/31/trump-el-salvador-venezuelans-deportations/

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Administration says it deported 17 more 'violent criminals' to El Salvador [View all] struggle4progress Apr 1 OP

US deports more alleged gang members to El Salvador amid court fight struggle4progress Apr 1 #1

Administration admits 'error' in deporting Maryland resident to El Salvador struggle4progress Apr 1 #2

'Trump claims a Michael Jordan tattoo is evidence of Venezuelan gang membership' sop Apr 1 #3

Deport Pete Whiskileaks Ginbreath. He's tattooed with a machine gun like the gang he hates Bernardo de La Paz Apr 1 #7

Well atreides1 Apr 1 #8

And once anyone, including U.S. citizens, are disappeared and offshored there is nothing anyone can do. sop Apr 1 #9

sends more migrants to El Salvador as legal scrutiny over flights mounts struggle4progress Apr 1 #4

Violent criminals? How did Mango Jebus, Felon Musk and Herr Stefan Miller enjoy their flight? marble falls Apr 1 #5

It's a big cruel expensive show to make propaganda for magas to consume with popcorn. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 1 #6

Do we know where all these criminals were before getting snatched? Prison? Awaiting trial? Living wiggs Apr 1 #10