A federal court gave a temporary restraining order on Sunday that the Trump administration From sending three Venezuelan immigrants who are held in New Mexico to the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detention camp as part of the president’s efforts to remove illegal immigrants from the US
Lawyers for the trio said in a legal application that the prisoners “match the profile of those who gave the administration priority to detention in Guantánamo, ie Venezuelan men held in the El Paso area with (false) accusations of connections with the TREN the Aragua gang “
During the application, the lawyers asked an American court in New Mexico to block a temporary restraining order to block the administration to fly to the American military base. The lawyers noted that “the mere uncertainty that the government has created around the availability of legal process and access to the counsel is sufficient to allow the modest order.”
The Trump government started flying illegal immigrants from the US to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. (Chip somodevilla/getty images, left, dod via ap, right.)
Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales granted the temporary restrictive commandAccording to lawyer Jessica Vosburgh, who represents the three men.
“It is in the short term. This will be visited again and further elaborated in the coming weeks,” Vosburgh told The Associated Press.
The application came as part of a lawsuit on behalf of the three men submitted by the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and Las Americas Immigrant Advisory Center.
First 10 ‘High threat’ illegal immigrants arrive in Guantánamo Bay are all the Aragua members
A migrant is preparing for a flight to Guantánamo Bay. (Department of Homeland Security)
Last week, the Minister of Interior Security said Kristi and press secretary Karoline Leavitt separately that flights that were held illegal immigrants Was sent to Guantánamo.
Immigrant rights groups sent a letter on Friday and demanded access to people who are now being held on the American Navy Station, with the argument that the basis should not be used as a “legal black hole”. Guantánamo has been criticized all over the world because of his inhumane abuse and torture of prisoners, including interrogation tactics.
The immigrants are held in the Guantánamo -DeTentiekamp that was founded for prisoners in the aftermath of 9/11. The immigrants are separate from the 15 prisoners who were already there, including planners in the terrorist attack of 2001.
In this April 17, 2019, photo, assessed by American military officials, the control tower is seen by the razor thread in the Camp VI detention facility in Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP)
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Trump has promised to expand the detention camp to keep a maximum of 30,000 “criminal illegal alien beings”.
Leavitt said on Wednesday that more than 8,000 immigrants have been arrested since 20 January as part of Trump’s plan to retain and deport immigrants in the country, although hundreds arrested have since been released into the US
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
