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Trump must facilitate legal challenges of deported Venezuelans: Judge

A prison guard prepares deportees from the US for admission into the CECOT prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador [File: El Salvador presidential press office via AP]

A federal judge in the United States has ruled that Venezuelan immigrants deported to El Salvador under an obscure 1798 law must be given the chance to challenge their removals and detention. 

The ruling on Wednesday by Judge James Boasberg is the latest setback to President Donald Trump’s efforts to use the Alien Enemies Act to quickly expel alleged gang members from the US without due process.

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