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The Sun
9 hours ago
- Politics
- The Sun
Justice orders release of migrants deported to Costa Rica by Trump
SAN JOSÉ: A court on Tuesday ordered Costa Rican authorities to release foreign migrants locked up in a shelter after being deported by the United States, according to a resolution issued on the eve of a visit by the US secretary of homeland security. Some 200 migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Russia as well as from Africa and some other Asian countries, including 80 children, were brought to the Central American nation in February under an agreement with the US administration of President Donald Trump, a move criticized by human rights organizations. By partially accepting an appeal filed in March on behalf of the migrants, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice gave immigration 15 days to process the 'determination of the immigration status of the deportees' and their release, according to the resolution seen by AFP. The migrants were detained in February at the Temporary Migrant Care Center (CATEM), 360 kilometers (220 miles) south of San Jose, on the border with Panama. However, in the face of criticism, the government allowed them to move freely outside the center in April. Some accepted voluntary repatriation but about 28 of them remain at CATEM, 13 of them minors, according to official data. The habeas corpus petition continued until it was resolved Tuesday, and would serve as a precedent to prevent a similar agreement. The court also ordered Costa Rican authorities to 'determine what type of health, education, housing, and general social assistance they require from the State.' The resolution was published one day before a visit by US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who will meet with President Rodrigo Chaves and tour the Los Lagos temporary immigration detention center. In March, an Afghan woman behind bars at CATEM told AFP she had fled her country because she wanted to study and work and not be forced to live with a man. She said if she was forced to return to Afghanistan, 'the Taliban will kill her.' The Taliban authorities' crackdown on women's rights has led to the arbitrary arrest and detention of many women and girls in Afghanistan. In addition to Costa Rica, Trump sent 300 deportees, mostly Asians, to Panama and 252 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, accused without evidence of being members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang. They were imprisoned in a Salvadoran mega-prison for gang members.
France 24
11 hours ago
- Politics
- France 24
Justice orders release of migrants deported to Costa Rica by Trump
Some 200 migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Russia as well as from Africa and some other Asian countries, including 80 children, were brought to the Central American nation in February under an agreement with the US administration of President Donald Trump, a move criticized by human rights organizations. By partially accepting an appeal filed in March on behalf of the migrants, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice gave immigration 15 days to process the "determination of the immigration status of the deportees" and their release, according to the resolution seen by AFP. The migrants were detained in February at the Temporary Migrant Care Center (CATEM), 360 kilometers (220 miles) south of San Jose, on the border with Panama. However, in the face of criticism, the government allowed them to move freely outside the center in April. Some accepted voluntary repatriation but about 28 of them remain at CATEM, 13 of them minors, according to official data. The habeas corpus petition continued until it was resolved Tuesday, and would serve as a precedent to prevent a similar agreement. The court also ordered Costa Rican authorities to "determine what type of health, education, housing, and general social assistance they require from the State." The resolution was published one day before a visit by US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who will meet with President Rodrigo Chaves and tour the Los Lagos temporary immigration detention center. In March, an Afghan woman behind bars at CATEM told AFP she had fled her country because she wanted to study and work and not be forced to live with a man. She said if she was forced to return to Afghanistan, "the Taliban will kill her." The Taliban authorities' crackdown on women's rights has led to the arbitrary arrest and detention of many women and girls in Afghanistan. In addition to Costa Rica, Trump sent 300 deportees, mostly Asians, to Panama and 252 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, accused without evidence of being members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang. They were imprisoned in a Salvadoran mega-prison for gang members.
Int'l Business Times
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Justice Orders Release Of Migrants Deported To Costa Rica By Trump
A court on Tuesday ordered Costa Rican authorities to release foreign migrants locked up in a shelter after being deported by the United States, according to a resolution issued on the eve of a visit by the US secretary of homeland security. Some 200 migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Russia as well as from Africa and some other Asian countries, including 80 children, were brought to the Central American nation in February under an agreement with the US administration of President Donald Trump, a move criticized by human rights organizations. By partially accepting an appeal filed in March on behalf of the migrants, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice gave immigration 15 days to process the "determination of the immigration status of the deportees" and their release, according to the resolution seen by AFP. The migrants were detained in February at the Temporary Migrant Care Center (CATEM), 360 kilometers (220 miles) south of San Jose, on the border with Panama. However, in the face of criticism, the government allowed them to move freely outside the center in April. Some accepted voluntary repatriation but about 28 of them remain at CATEM, 13 of them minors, according to official data. The habeas corpus petition continued until it was resolved Tuesday, and would serve as a precedent to prevent a similar agreement. The court also ordered Costa Rican authorities to "determine what type of health, education, housing, and general social assistance they require from the State." The resolution was published one day before a visit by US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who will meet with President Rodrigo Chaves and tour the Los Lagos temporary immigration detention center. In March, an Afghan woman behind bars at CATEM told AFP she had fled her country because she wanted to study and work and not be forced to live with a man. She said if she was forced to return to Afghanistan, "the Taliban will kill her." The Taliban authorities' crackdown on women's rights has led to the arbitrary arrest and detention of many women and girls in Afghanistan. In addition to Costa Rica, Trump sent 300 deportees, mostly Asians, to Panama and 252 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, accused without evidence of being members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang. They were imprisoned in a Salvadoran mega-prison for gang members.
NBC News
25-03-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
Venezuela-hired lawyers file petition in El Salvador aimed at freeing Venezuelans deported by US
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government filed a legal action Monday in El Salvador aimed at freeing 238 Venezuelans deported by the United States who are being held in a Salvadoran maximum-security prison. Jaime Ortega, who says he represents 30 of the imprisoned Venezuelans, said they filed the habeas corpus petition with the Supreme Court's Constitutional Chamber. He said that by extension they requested that it be applied to all Venezuelans detained in El Salvador. The maneuver essentially compels the government to prove someone's detention was justified. The Salvadoran government has been silent about the status of the Venezuelan prisoners since the U.S. government sent them more than a week ago, despite a U.S. federal judge's verbal order to turn the planes around. The Trump administration is using an 18th-century wartime law to justify sending the Venezuelans, who it says were members of the Tren de Aragua gang, which the administration declared an invading force. 'We represent at this moment 30 Venezuelans who have given us the power to act, but by extension, we are asking for habeas corpus for the rest of the Venezuelan citizens who are detained in our country,' Ortega said. Salvador Ríos, another lawyer with the firm, said they were contracted by the Venezuelan government and the Families of Immigrants Committee in Venezuela. He said the Venezuelans they represent are not members of the Tren de Aragua and had migrated from their country and 'don't have any criminal record.' In February, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele offered to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to imprison U.S. deportees or even U.S. citizens serving prison sentences. The U.S. is paying El Salvador to hold them for what both governments say is a cost savings. But lawyers in both countries have questioned the legal justification for sending migrants who have not been convicted or in many cases even charged with a crime to prison in a foreign country.
Washington Post
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Venezuela-hired lawyers file petition in El Salvador aimed at freeing Venezuelans deported by US
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government filed a legal action Monday in El Salvador aimed at freeing 238 Venezuelans deported by the United States who are being held in a Salvadoran maximum-security prison. Jaime Ortega, who says he represents 30 of the imprisoned Venezuelans, said they filed the habeas corpus petition with the Supreme Court's Constitutional Chamber. He said that by extension they requested that it be applied to all Venezuelans detained in El Salvador.
