The judge said the administrators should give immigrants the opportunity to raise concerns about the safety of deportation.
A US federal judge has set limits on the Trump administration’s efforts to expel immigrants who have little protection for those retained in Guantanamo Bay.
In Thursday’s ruling, District Judge Brian Murphy of Boston issued an order that immigrants must be given the opportunity to raise concerns about the security of countries where they are being deported.
The ruling is the latest concern that advances concerns about the legality of Trump’s hard-pressed moves over vast interpretations of immigration and the administration.
The order is a victory for immigration rights defenders who claimed that the administration had violated previous court orders by four Venezuelans held at a US military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, flying four Venezuelans in El Salvador, but it remains to be seen how the White House will respond.
The administration challenged the order by claiming it would only apply to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), not the Department of Defense, which flew in question.
The Justice Department said three of the four Venezuelans were sent to El Salvador, where the administration sent immigrants to warehouses in Salvador’s prisons, where abusive circumstances and torture are widely argued, a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, which frequently makes similar claims with similar evidence.
Immigration rights groups claim that migrants were detained in Guantanamo Bay, previously used as detention centres and torture sites, without legal advice, in conditions of extreme isolation, during the so-called “earth war.”
“Guantanamo officials have created an environment of extreme fear and threats where immigrant detainees fear free communication with lawyers,” he filed the lawsuit on behalf of two Nicaraguans held in Guantanamo Province.
The complaint states that some detainees were questioned about allegedly affiliated gangs while surrounded by military officers.