The woman who looked for the asylum believed us expelled hours before the judge blocks his withdrawal, say lawyers
A federal judge temporarily blocked the expulsion of eight asylum seekers on Thursday, but this decision was too late for a woman who, according to her lawyers, was already expelled by the Trump administration.
Despite the search for asylum in the United States to escape a former violent partner, according to her legal team, the woman was sent back to Ecuador this week – just a few hours before a court blocks her expulsion – where her lawyers fear May she be killed.
“The plaintiff NS fled the equator to escape horrible and kidnapping violence by his former partner – a police officer who called him anti -indigenous insults while violating her, beating her and holding his weapon to the head – And fear that he kills her if she is deleted, “wrote her lawyers in a file in court, adding that the woman was retained captive by her former partner.
Its rapid withdrawal comes when immigrant defenders raise concerns that the Trump administration has hastily make the deportations of migrants while ignoring their asylum claims and despite an active dispute to stop their moves.
Migrants are loaded on a plane for an expulsion flight on January 23, 2025.
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According to the judicial archives, the woman entered the United States to the United States on January 26 and asked for asylum after turning to immigration officials. But on Wednesday, the judicial files show that it had not received an interview “Credible Fear”, one of the first steps to determine the eligibility for asylum.
Her lawyer Keren Zwick, Director of disputes at the National Immigrant Justice Center, said that she had not contacted the woman since Wednesday evening before the hearing of the court and believes that she was on the way to or back in Ecuador where his life is in danger.
“I am very worried about her well-being. She fled because she faces domestic violence, and she fled a partner who threatened to kill her and held her captive and went to get her When she tried to escape, “said Zwick” I feel of course, he will continue to do this and if he learns that she is back in the country, I think her life is in danger.
At Thursday’s hearing, lawyers from the Ministry of Justice told court that one of those who asked for asylum was already in expulsion procedure, Zwick said.
Zwick said the Ministry of Homeland Security was not willing to provide information on the condition of its customers to move it or intervene to stop the expulsion.
“Their agency is not useful,” she said. “We could not get clear information.”
DHS refused to comment or confirm if ns was expelled to the equator.
An MJ lawyer representing the case did not respond to a request for comments.
Ice agents participate in an immigration execution operation in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 13, 2025.
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While the Trump administration quickly increases deportation efforts, immigration defenders criticized the administration for steam moves with little respect for pending proceedings or attempts to claim asylum.
In a separate case last week, the Trump administration expelled three men in Venezuela one day after a court order blocked their transfer to Guantanamo Bay. In other legal affairs, the Trump administration has been accused of intentionally violating judicial orders.
“If we live in a world where the American government thinks that it is normal to withdraw a person and asylum seekers … without giving them the opportunity to continue protection, it is only a complete subversion of our asylum, “said Zwick.
While Thursday’s court order arrived too late to prevent the alleged expulsion, lawyers for other people looking for asylum will return to court next week to fight their imminent dismissal to countries such as Whether Afghanistan, Ecuador, Brazil and Egypt where their lawyers say they fear that they fear that they have faced persecution or violence.
ICE and HSI special agents participate in an immigration application operation in Massachusetts on February 19, 2025.
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The request to block the expulsion of the eight asylum seekers is linked to an ongoing trial that ACLU and other groups have deposited against the Trump administration earlier this month, contesting the invocation by the president of a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act which authorizes the President to “suspend the entry of all extraterrestrials” when their entry “would be detrimental to the interests of the United States”.
The eight asylum seekers who have brought the case from different countries of origin, but everyone fears the same result if they are withdrawn from the United States
According to the judicial archives, two complainants fled Afghanistan because of the fears that the Taliban do not persecute them for their support in the United States. An applicant said he had suffered from kidnapping, rape and torture by the hands of an Ecuadorian cartel before fleeing to the United States. Another said they had been imprisoned and tortured in Egypt because of their pro-democracy opinions.
“There is no legitimate government or public interest in the illegal abolition of individual complainants in countries where they are faced with persecution or torture,” said lawyers for asylum seekers.
