Judge Orders Return of Wrongfully Deported Asylum Seeker After Trump Admin Violates Court Deal
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DOGE v. The Constitution
🔴 UPDATE: April 24, 2025
Trump administration violated court settlement by deporting Venezuelan asylum seeker to CECOT
Trump’s deportation machine just ran over the Constitution—again.
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully deported a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker, known as “Cristian,” to El Salvador in direct violation of a binding legal settlement. Despite having a pending asylum claim, Cristian was swept up in Trump’s mass deportation order and shipped to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT mega-prison—without a hearing and in violation of a federal court’s protection.
Now, even a judge appointed by Trump is ordering his administration to bring Cristian back.
Key Developments:
Judge Stephanie Gallagher ruled that the Trump administration violated a 2024 class action settlement protecting unaccompanied minors with pending asylum claims by deporting “Cristian” on March 15. Her order directs the administration to “facilitate” his return, including a good-faith request to Salvadoran authorities to release him to U.S. custody.
Sources: AP News, CNNCristian’s deportation violated the court-approved agreement, which barred removals of class members until their asylum claims were fully adjudicated by USCIS. Gallagher wrote, “Standing by and taking no action is not facilitation,” and emphasized that Cristian must be returned so that he can receive the due process the law guarantees him.
Sources: NBC NewsThe Trump administration argued that designating Cristian as an “alien enemy” under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act removed him from the class. Gallagher rejected that argument, saying nothing in the AEA overrides the government’s binding commitments under the settlement agreement.
Sources: CNNGallagher cited the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, another Maryland resident wrongly deported to El Salvador, whose return was ordered by Judge Paula Xinis. Cristian’s case now adds to the mounting legal evidence that the Trump regime is repeatedly violating federal court orders in its pursuit of mass deportations without due process.
Sources: AP NewsICE claimed Cristian had a prior drug conviction, but the court made clear: a conviction doesn’t void due process or erase legal protections under a binding court settlement.
The Real Story: Who Wins and Who Pays the Price?
The winners: No one—but the Trump regime is testing just how far it can go in overriding the courts and constitutional protections through decrees and legal trickery.
The losers: Vulnerable asylum seekers—especially children—whose legal protections are being obliterated. And the Constitution itself, as the executive branch refuses to honor its own court agreements and defies judges demanding compliance.
🔍 Why This Matters:
This is not a one-off. Cristian is the second court-ordered return in just over a month. The Trump regime is systematically ignoring court rulings, breaking legal settlements, and using centuries-old wartime laws to bypass the Constitution and deport people into foreign prison systems.
The courts are screaming for compliance. The administration is laughing in their face.
🚨 The Bottom Line:
Even Trump’s own appointees are now ordering him to stop violating the law. But this regime isn’t backing down—it’s doubling down.
This is a government that sees laws as obstacles, settlements as optional, and courts as nuisances. Cristian’s case is a warning: they’re not just shredding due process—they’re shredding every check on executive power that still exists.
📌Sources:
AP News: Judge rules the Trump administration violated a 2019 settlement in deporting a man to El Salvador
CNN: Maryland judge orders return of Venezuelan asylum seeker deported to El Salvador
NBC News: Trump-appointed judge orders return of Venezuelan migrant deported to El Salvador
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