Federal attorneys representing a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker are seeking criminal contempt proceedings against the Trump administration for violating a court order that barred his deportation.
The asylum seeker, referred to in court documents as "Cristian," was deported in March to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador despite a binding court settlement protecting young migrants with pending asylum claims. Last week, he was sent back to his home country as part of a prisoner swap with Venezuela.
