The judge blocks the administration of deporting non -citizens to the 3rd countries without due process

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration to deport non -citizens to countries other than their place of origin without due process.

The United States District Judge Brian Murphy issued a court order that prohibits the Trump administration from deporting any non -citizen to a country that is not explicitly mentioned in their order or removal without first allowing them to raise concerns about their security.

“The defendants argue that the United States can send a deportable foreigner to a country that is not of its origin, not where an immigration judge has ordered, where they can be tortured and killed immediately, without providing that person with any chance to tell the sports authorities that face a serious danger or death due to said deportation,” Judge Murphy wrote.

“The nine judges of the United States Supreme Court, the assistant of the Attorney General of the United States, Congress, common sense, basic decency and this court disagree.”

The ruling throws an obstacle in the Trump administration policy to eliminate non -citizens to countries such as El Salvador, Honduras or Panama, even if non -citizens lack an order of removal to those countries.

Last month, the Trump administration invoked the Alien enemies law to deport two planes of alleged members of Venezuelan gangs to the mega prison in El Salvador with little or less due process.

Judge Murphy said that Trump administration officials “have requested and continue to apply the alleged policy of eliminating foreigners to third countries without prior notice and the opportunity to be heard about the statements based on fear, in other words, without due process.”

He said that his order avoids the irreparable damage of non -citizens sent to countries where they could face persecution, torture or death without having the opportunity to challenge their elimination in court.

“The irreparable damage factor also weighs in favor of the plaintiffs. Here, the threatened damage is clear and simple: persecution, torture and death. It is difficult to imagine that the damage is more irreparable,” he wrote.

The order of Judge Murphy requires that the Trump administration provide a written warning of non -citizens before they are transferred to a third country, as well as a “significant opportunity” to generate concerns about their safety, including providing at least 15 days to reopen their immigration procedures.

It also certified a class, which means that the order applies not only to the plaintiffs in the case, but also to any non -citizen with a final elimination order.

Separately, Judge Murphy is considering whether the Trump administration violated his recent temporary restriction order when he took at least three men to El Salvador without allowing them to raise concerns about their safety. This problem is still considering.