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Judge finds Trump administration in contempt for twice deporting asylum-seeker
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Key Points:
- A federal judge found the Trump administration in contempt for deporting an asylum-seeker, identified as E.L.A., to El Salvador in violation of three court orders and ordered his return to the U.S.
- E.L.A. was wrongfully deported twice, including after voluntarily returning to the U.S. and submitting to immigration custody, only to be removed again to a country where he feared persecution.
- The case is linked to a 2019 federal class-action lawsuit protecting asylum rights of immigrants who arrived as unaccompanied minors, with at least 107 protected individuals deported before their asylum claims were resolved.
- In August, the same judge found the Department of Homeland Security in civil contempt for repeatedly deporting young asylum seekers despite legal protections.
- The court ordered both parties to update the status of E.L.A.’s return to the U.S. by October 2.
