Key Highlights
- U. S.
- District Judge James Boasberg, who has repeatedly butted heads with the Trump administration, ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to facilitate the return of 137 migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador in 2025, called CECOT.
- Boasberg stipulated in his ruling that the government pay for the migrants' airfare back to the U. S., meaning taxpayers are likely footing the bill.
- Boasberg argued that it's "unclear why Plaintiffs should bear the financial cost of their return in such an instance," noting that, "this situation would never have arisen had the Government simply afforded Plaintiffs their constitutional rights before initially deporting them." FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS DEPORTED VENEZUELANS TO BE RETURNED TO US Courts rejected a misconduct accusation against Judge James Boasberg.
- (Associated Press) The ruling comes as part of a nearly year-long saga, when the federal judge attempted to halt the Trump administration's deportations of migrants to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act in March 2025.
