A federal judge ordered discovery into whether the Trump administration retains legal custody over more than 100 migrants removed to El Salvador. The post Judge orders discovery to see if Trump admin ‘violated federal law’ and ‘due-process rights’ by sending migrants to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act first appeared on Law & Crime.

A federal judge pressed the Justice Department on President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he could secure the return of migrants deported to a Salvadoran super prison, during a Wednesday evening hearing where the judge approved more fact-finding into whether the US has custody over the migrants it sent to the prison.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday is due to consider whether to order Republican President Donald Trump's administration to facilitate the return to the U.S. of Venezuelan migrants detained in El Salvador, potentially opening a new front in a major challenge to Trump's aggressive deportation policy.