Man wrongfully deported to El Salvador must be returned to US, court rules
Story by Robert Tait • 1h •
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An appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to return a man wrongfully deported to El Salvador to the US and to explain how it is complying in a ruling apparently designed to break a pattern of apparent government defiance of judicial orders.
The US court of appeals for the second circuit in New York also required the government to provide a declaration of the current whereabouts and custodial status of Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, who was deported on 7 May less than half an hour after the court had expressly barred his removal.
Tuesday’s order seemed intended to forestall a repeat of the long saga surrounding the case of Kilmar Ábrego García, who was deported to his native El Salvador in March, in violation of a 2019 immigration court order preventing his repatriation there on grounds of possible persecution.
Melgar-Salmeron, 31, a married father-of-four who lives in Virginia, is believed by relatives to be in custody in a high-security prison after he was deported despite the government having given the appeals court an “express assurance” that it would not schedule a deportation flight for him until the following day while his case was heard.
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June 4, posted by Bum Rush: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143471314