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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern Tuesday regarding the number of deportations of individuals from the US. According to Türk, the deportations raise “serious concerns regarding a wide array of rights … rights to due process, to be protected from arbitrary detention, to equality before the law, to be protected from exposure to torture or other irreparable harm in other States, and to an effective remedy.”
According to the UN press release, “between 20 January and 29 April, 142,000 individuals have been deported from the US. In particular, the fate and whereabouts of at least 245 Venezuelans and some 30 Salvadorans removed to El Salvador remain unclear.” The UN has compiled reports with information provided by lawyers and family members of the detainees. The reports indicate that many detainees “did not have access to a lawyer” and “were effectively unable to challenge the lawfulness of their removal before being flown out of the US.” Many family members are distressed by not knowing where their loved ones are being held and by the dismal conditions of the detention centers and prisons.
These concerns follow Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, a 227-year-old law, in order to deport hundreds of thousands of people. For the first time since Trump has invoked the act, a federal judge recently ruled that so long as the US provides “sufficient notice and due process,” the president may use the act to direct the removal of (1) Venezuelan citizens who are (2) 14 years of age or older and are (3) present in the US, (4) neither actually naturalized nor lawful permanent residents, and who are (5) members of Tren de Aragua.
The Trump administration has also asked the Supreme Court’s permission to deport nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants detained in Texas. This comes after a federal Texas judge granted a temporary injunction, blocking the use of the act to remove the petitioners. Moreover, various other courts have temporarily blocked Trump’s use of the act. The Trump administration stated in its supplemental memorandum to the Supreme Court that the alleged gang members have “proven to be especially dangerous to maintain in prolonged detention.”
Türk called on the US government to comply with due process, “to give prompt and full effect to the determinations of its courts, to safeguard the rights of children, and to stop the removal of any individual to any country where there is a real risk of torture or other irreparable harm.”
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According to the UN press release, “between 20 January and 29 April, 142,000 individuals have been deported from the US. In particular, the fate and whereabouts of at least 245 Venezuelans and some 30 Salvadorans removed to El Salvador remain unclear.” The UN has compiled reports with information provided by lawyers and family members of the detainees. The reports indicate that many detainees “did not have access to a lawyer” and “were effectively unable to challenge the lawfulness of their removal before being flown out of the US.” Many family members are distressed by not knowing where their loved ones are being held and by the dismal conditions of the detention centers and prisons.
These concerns follow Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, a 227-year-old law, in order to deport hundreds of thousands of people. For the first time since Trump has invoked the act, a federal judge recently ruled that so long as the US provides “sufficient notice and due process,” the president may use the act to direct the removal of (1) Venezuelan citizens who are (2) 14 years of age or older and are (3) present in the US, (4) neither actually naturalized nor lawful permanent residents, and who are (5) members of Tren de Aragua.
The Trump administration has also asked the Supreme Court’s permission to deport nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants detained in Texas. This comes after a federal Texas judge granted a temporary injunction, blocking the use of the act to remove the petitioners. Moreover, various other courts have temporarily blocked Trump’s use of the act. The Trump administration stated in its supplemental memorandum to the Supreme Court that the alleged gang members have “proven to be especially dangerous to maintain in prolonged detention.”
Türk called on the US government to comply with due process, “to give prompt and full effect to the determinations of its courts, to safeguard the rights of children, and to stop the removal of any individual to any country where there is a real risk of torture or other irreparable harm.”
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