The Justice Department revealed on Monday that the Trump administration is planning to extradite three alleged Tren de Aragua (TdA) members to Chile.
The Hill reports:
“Recognizing the grave threat that TdA poses to the nations it infiltrates, Chile has asked the United States to help return these men to Chile to face justice,” the department said. “Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will take swift action to grant these requests and send these Alien Enemies to Chile.”
The Venezuelan gang has been a focus of the Trump administration. On March 15, President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime act that’s only been used three times since its 1798 passing, to deport more than 200 alleged gang members. (RELATED: Trump Admin Justifies Deporting Hundreds Of Alleged Gang Members Despite Court Order)
The department said three known TdA members “illegally entered the United States after allegedly committing horrific crimes in Chile.” The DOJ declared all three to be “Alien Enemies.”
The three suspects in custody:
-Miguel Oyola Jimenez is in federal custody in the Western District of Washington
-Edgar Javier Benitez Rubio is in immigration custody in Indiana
-Adrian Rafael Gamez Finol is in a Texas county prison
The DOJ said the men are wanted in Chile for extortion, kidnapping resulting in homicide, unjustified firearm discharge, kidnapping for ransom, among other charges.
The extradition comes as U.S. District Judge James Boasberg and the Trump administration battle over the March 15 deportation of roughly 260 alleged members of the gang.
On Monday, Judge Boasberg declined to lift a restraining order barring the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans.
Boasberg noted President Trump’s “unprecedented use of the Act outside of the typical wartime context” in signing an order that allowed the removal of any Venezuelan suspected of being a member of the Tren de Aragua gang.
The Hill reports:
“Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on another equally fundamental theory: before they may be deported, they are entitled to individualized hearings to determine whether the Act applies to them at all,” Boasberg wrote.
“Because the named Plaintiffs dispute that they are members of Tren de Aragua, they may not be deported until a court has been able to decide the merits of their challenge.”
Boasberg noted the Trump administration is still free to deport Venezuelans through regular immigration authorities.
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IF those illegals are deemed to NOT be deported, Judge Boasberg address should be made known to them so that they can have the opportunity to thank him personally. personally for his efforts.
I can’t believe that the Executive Administration, under whose jurisdiction Immigration falls, are NOT free to deport those who commit the crime of crossing the border illegally, washout an EXPENSIVE court hearing at the taxpayers’ expense.