“The future looked bright for Luis Eduardo Perez Parra, Leonel Rivas Gonzalez and Abrahan Josue Barrios last week,” ABC News reports.
“After being held in immigration custody for over a year and facing the possibility of transfer to Guantánamo Bay, the three men asked a federal court to intervene, warning they might have ‘disappeared into the legal black hole’ of Guantánamo.”
“Last Sunday, a federal judge in New Mexico handed down a surprise ruling blocking the Trump administration from sending the men to Guantánamo — the first successful legal challenge to the policy since it was enacted last month.”
“The very next day, the men were placed on the first deportation flight back to Venezuela in over a year.”
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