3 migrants beat the Trump administration in court. They got deported the next day [View all]

Source: Good Morning America

3 migrants beat the Trump administration in court. They got deported the next day

PETER CHARALAMBOUS and ARMANDO GARCIA
Wed, February 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM EST 3 min read

The future looked bright for Luis Eduardo Perez Parra, Leonel Rivas Gonzalez and Abrahan Josue Barrios last week.

After being held in immigration custody for over a year and facing the possibility of transfer to Guantánamo Bay, the three men asked a federal court to intervene, warning they might have “disappeared into the legal black hole” of Guantánamo.

Last Sunday, a federal judge in New Mexico handed down a surprise ruling blocking the Trump administration from sending the men to Guantánamo -- the first successful legal challenge to the policy since it was enacted last month.

But their victory was short-lived.

The very next day, the men were placed on the first deportation flight back to Venezuela in over a year, according to their lawyer Jessica Vosburgh.

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