Judge skeptical deportation notices comply with Supreme Court ruling
By Luc Cohen
April 21, 20256:22 PM EDTUpdated 5 min ago
... U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney said during a court hearing in Denver that notices of looming deportations given to Venezuelan migrants held at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Texas made no mention of habeas corpus, which refers to the right of detainees to challenge the legality of their detention.
"You're acting as if these individuals - many of whom don't speak the language - would know there's something called habeas relief," said Sweeney, an appointee of former Democratic President Joe Biden. "I'm looking at the notice now. It gives no indication of any right to seek any type of relief."
Sweeney said she would rule by Tuesday on whether to extend her order protecting two Venezuelan men in immigration custody in Colorado from being deported under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
Lawyers for Venezuelan migrants are trying to persuade judges across the country to require the government to give migrants 30 days' notice before deporting them under the 1798 act, after the high court this weekend temporarily blocked the federal government from deporting a group of Venezuelans held at Bluebonnet ...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/venezuelan-migrants-seek-further-deportation-protections-after-supreme-court-2025-04-21/