Judge demands answers from Trump admin after it's accused of deporting migrants just 2 days after it was ordered not to [View all]

Source: Law & Crime

Jul 14th, 2025, 11:05 am


A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to cough up information about whether it violated a court order by deporting a migrant who was recognized in a class-action family separation settlement just days after ICE was blocked from removing class members.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion last week asking U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw to order the government to produce information about whether class members recognized in the 2023 family separation policy settlement were being deported after learning about the migrant's removal and another deportation that allegedly occurred days earlier of a 13-year-old Guatemalan class member, his mother and two relatives.

The Biden-era settlement led to legal services and support being provided to migrants who were separated under President Donald Trump's zero tolerance immigration policy implemented during his first term. ACLU lawyers came forward in June and accused the Trump administration of violating the settlement agreement in various ways, including the removal of the 13-year-old. On June 27, Sabraw ruled that the administration was violating it, and he ordered officials to stop. The judge also halted deportations of class members while the ACLU litigation continues.

Two days after putting the block in place, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported an individual that the ACLU has identified as A.M.R.F., who was separated from his family at the U.S.-Mexico border during Trump's first term, according to the ACLU.

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