A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's administration from deporting illegal immigrants outside of their country of origin, Breitbart reported. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy imposed a due process standard.
The judge ruled Friday that the federal government could not send deportees to a third country outside their "order of removal without first allowing them to raise concerns about their safety." A deportation order would typically include the migrants' homeland or another destination of their choosing.
Murphy said that the administration is attempting to send deportees to nations "where they may be immediately tortured and killed, without providing that person any opportunity to tell the deporting authorities that they face grave danger or death because of such a deportation." The judge cited a supposed myriad of precedents in his written memorandum.
NEW: A federal judge in Massachusetts grants a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from deporting people to third countries without telling them where they're going and allowing them to raise fears of persecution or torture.
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The Trump administration has been aggressive on border security, having campaigned on the issue during the 2024 presidential election. One of the ways he has sought to do that is by deporting criminal illegal aliens under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
The Supreme Court backed Trump earlier this month by overturning a U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's block. However, The New York Times described the decision as "narrow and focused on the proper venue for the cases," rather than granting blanket permission.
Notably, the individuals being deported in these cases are members of gangs designated as terrorist organizations. Still, Murphy slammed the administration for "removing aliens to third countries without notice and an opportunity to be heard on fear-based claims — in other words, without due process."
The judge has further restricted the administration's power to remove these dangerous criminals in Friday's decision. "The irreparable harm factor likewise weighs in Plaintiffs’ favor," Murphy pointed out about the challenged deportation.
"Here, the threatened harm is clear and simple: persecution, torture, and death. It is hard to imagine harm more irreparable," Murphy claimed.
Because the Democrats will oppose Trump on anything and everything, they have gone all in on defending criminal illegal aliens. This has made for strange bedfellows as Democratic lawmakers fall all over themselves for an alleged MS-13 gang member, Abrego Garcia.
Initial reports said that Garcia was deported by mistake, and Democrats ran with that, according to Fox News. Oregon Democratic Rep. Maxine Dexter was only the latest to appeal for his release from El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center on Friday.
"This is not just one family’s nightmare; it is a constitutional crisis that should outrage every single one of us. I will travel to El Salvador to confront this crisis head-on. Our constitutional rights are on the line," she claimed.
The only problem is that the White House confirmed Garcia was indeed a member of the gang, with tattooed fingers and a record of violence to prove it. He was accused of domestic violence against his wife and human trafficking.
The lengths the left will go to defend illegal immigrants is shocking. Trump's administration will keep fighting even as the Democrats and their cronies on the court attempt to thwart the president and the will of the people.
