一天前，联邦上诉法院确认法院命令监督此案的法官指示特朗普政府为一名被驱逐的20岁委内瑞拉男子返回美国提供便利，并命令政府报告“他们为此采取的步骤”。
这名男子在法庭记录中以化名“克里斯蒂安”被确认，他在3月中旬被送上飞往萨尔瓦多的航班后对自己的驱逐提出质疑，此前唐纳德·特朗普总统援引了外国敌人法案声称委内瑞拉黑帮Tren de Aragua是一个正在入侵美国的“混合犯罪国家”。
特朗普任命的美国地区法官斯蒂芬妮·加拉格尔(Stephanie Schmidt)在4月份发现，克里斯蒂安的被驱逐违反了代表一些人的集体诉讼和解协议，这些人在无人陪伴的未成年人进入美国后寻求庇护，她指示政府采取措施“帮助、协助或简化”Cristian的释放和返回——类似于法官在基尔马·阿布雷戈·加西亚.
加拉格尔法官周二表示，她希望政府在5月27日之前提供一份状态报告，其中包括克里斯蒂安目前的物理位置和羁押状态;被告采取了什么步骤(如果有的话)来帮助Cristian返回美国;以及被告会采取什么额外的措施，什么时候，来帮助克里斯蒂安回来。
这是2019年川普任命的加拉格尔第二次要求政府提供这些信息;上一次政府提出动议，要求加拉格尔撤销她的命令，但她否认了。政府随后向美国第四巡回上诉法院提出上诉，要求暂缓执行该命令，但周一被驳回。
在4月份的裁决中，加拉格尔认定，将克里斯蒂安驱逐到萨尔瓦多违反了2024年敲定的现有和解协议，该协议保护孤身未成年人进入美国的移民在庇护申请得到最终裁定之前不被驱逐出境。
政府辩称，根据《外国敌人法公告》解除Cristian的职务并不违反和解协议，Cristian是公认的Tren de Aragua成员，但他否认了这一点，但迄今未能胜诉。
针对第四巡回法院周一的裁决，国土安全部助理部长特里西亚·麦克劳克林在一份声明中表示，“我们强烈反对法院的裁决。这个人的申报没有错误。这名外国人自认是Tren de Aragua帮派成员，是来自委内瑞拉的非法外国人。在上届政府执政期间，他和其他数百万非法移民一起非法越过了我们的边境。”
麦克劳克林说:“总统和部长诺姆不会允许外国恐怖组织在美国领土上活动。”。"如果法院强迫他返回，他将再次被驱逐。"
Judge orders government to report steps it's taken to facilitate Venezuelan man's return to US
A day after a federal appeals courtaffirmed a court orderdirecting the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a deported 20-year-old Venezuelan man to the United States, the judge overseeing the case has ordered the administration to report "the steps they have taken" to do so.
The man, identified in court records by the pseudonym "Cristian," challenged his removal after he was sent in mid-March on a flight to El Salvador after President Donald Trump invoked theAlien Enemies Actby arguing that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is a "hybrid criminal state" that is invading the United States.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher, a Trump appointee, found in April that Cristian's removal violated a class action settlement on behalf of individuals who entered the U.S. as unaccompanied minors then later sought asylum, and shedirected the governmentto take steps toward "aiding, assisting or making easier" Cristian's release and return -- similar to the remedy ordered by the judge in the case ofKilmar Abrego Garcia.
Judge Gallagher on Tuesday said she wants the government to provide, by May 27, a status report that includes Cristian's current physical location and custodial status; what steps, if any, defendants have taken to facilitate Cristian's return to the United States; and what additional steps defendants will take, and when, to facilitate Cristian's return.
This is the second time that Gallagher, a 2019 Trump appointee, has asked the government to provide this information; the previous time the government filed a motion asking Gallagher to vacate her order, which she denied. The government then appealed to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay of the order, which was denied on Monday.
In her April ruling, Gallagher determined that Cristian's removal to El Salvador was in breach of an existing settlement agreement, finalized in 2024, that protected migrants who entered the U.S. as unaccompanied minors from deportation until there was a final determination on their asylum claims.
The administration has argued -- unsuccessfully thus far -- that Cristian's removal under the Alien Enemies Act Proclamation was not a violation of the settlement agreement, and that Cristian is an admitted Tren de Aragua member, which he denies.
Responding to Monday's ruling by the 4th Circuit, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement, "We strongly disagree with the Court's ruling. No error was made in this individual's return. This alien is a self-admitted Tren de Aragua gang member and illegal alien from Venezuela. Along with millions of other illegal aliens, he crossed our border illegally under the previous administration."
"The President and Secretary Noem will not allow a foreign terrorist organization to operate on American soil," McLaughlin said. "If the court forces his return, he will be removed again."
