{"id":2401038,"date":"2025-02-10T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-stops-transport-of-venezuelans-to-guantanamo-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:48:07","slug":"judge-stops-transport-of-venezuelans-to-guantanamo-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-stops-transport-of-venezuelans-to-guantanamo-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge stops transport of Venezuelans to Guantanamo &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-stops-transport-of-venezuelans-to-guantanamo-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2401038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal court in New Mexico has issued \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-diego-judge-rules-to-block-enforcement-of-school-closures\/\" title=\"San Diego judge rules to block enforcement of school closures\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-georgia-update-judge-issues-restraining-order-for-10-days-preventing-defendants-from-destroying-or-erasing-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"BREAKING GEORGIA UPDATE: Judge Issues Restraining Order for 10 Days Preventing Defendants from Destroying or Erasing Dominion Voting Machines\">temporary restraining order<\/a> preventing<\/a> the\u200c Trump management from \u2064transferring three Venezuelan undocumented \u200dimmigrants too Guantanamo Bay. This ruling is notable\u200c as it marks the first time a court has interfered in such deportation plans. The case arose from concerns that the detainees\u200b were improperly linked to the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua, limiting their access to legal counsel and due process. the lawsuit was filed by several\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-americas-first-native-american-cabinet-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms America\u2019s First Native American Cabinet ...\">civil rights organizations<\/a>, and\u200d the outcome could affect many \u2062other Venezuelan migrants who risk being \u200bsent to Guantanamo instead of deportation. \u2062Secretary\u200c of Homeland Security kristi \u2062Noem recently \u2064visited Guantanamo, where the\u2064 U.S.\u2062 is reportedly holding the most\u200b risky illegal immigrants. The Biden administration has been working on easing\u2062 relations with the Venezuelan government, specifically regarding gang member \u2063repatriation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge blocks ICE from sending Venezuelan illegal immigrants to Guantanamo<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1976187\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal court blocked the Trump administration from flying three Venezuelan illegal immigrants in New Mexico to <a href=\"HTTPS:\/\/WWW.WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM\/tag\/guantanamo-bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Guantanamo Bay<\/a> Naval Base in <a href=\"HTTPS:\/\/WWW.WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM\/TAG\/CUBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Cuba<\/a>, the first time a court has barred such transports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The U.S. District Court in <a href=\"HTTPS:\/\/WWW.WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM\/TAG\/NEW-MEXICO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Mexico<\/a> approved a temporary restraining order to block the transfer of three Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees to Guantanamo on the basis that the defense&rsquo;s lawyers argued they were falsely connected to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The mere uncertainty the government has created surrounding the availability of legal process and counsel access is sufficient to authorize the modest injunction,&rdquo; Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales wrote in the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>The three unnamed Venezuelan illegal immigrants at the center of the legal case are among hundreds to thousands who could be sent to Guantanamo rather than being deported to Venezuela. <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, and the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem flew to Guantanamo last Friday to see the immigrant camps that the military had begun to set up. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/09\/us\/politics\/venezuelan-migrants-lawsuit-guantanamo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Roughly 50<\/a> immigrants have been flown to Guantanamo to date.<\/p>\n<p>White House border czar Tom Homan said last Thursday that 11,000 illegal immigrants have been arrested nationwide since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"HTTPS:\/\/WWW.WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The White House has normalized relations with Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in the sense that he has agreed to take back Tren de Aragua gang members, as has El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. <\/p>\n<p>For the time being, the United States has chosen to send the most dangerous illegal immigrants in its custody to the Cuban naval base. At least two planes have been dispatched to Guantanamo since last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sec_Noem\/status\/1887833403816288422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> Noem.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was just in Cuba and saw firsthand criminal aliens being unloaded off a flight at GITMO. <\/p>\n<p>My message to criminal alien murderers, rapists, child predators and gangsters: do not come to this country or we will hunt you down, find you, and lock you up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BokRSqp4kr\">pic.twitter.com\/BokRSqp4kr<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sec_Noem\/status\/1888949747169300667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2025<\/a> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1976187\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1976187\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge halts ICE from transferring Venezuelan immigrants to Guantanamo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2401039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/police-ice-officer-deportations.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4034,3813,33211,14099],"class_list":["post-2401038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-guantanamo","tag-immigration","tag-legal-news","tag-venezuela"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/police-ice-officer-deportations.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401038"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401042,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401038\/revisions\/2401042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}