A bus enters the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, where Venezuelan migrants at the center of a Supreme Court ruling on deportation are held, in Anson, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
A federal judge dealt Donald Trump another legal blow on Monday, giving his administration a deadline of Wednesday afternoon to facilitate contact between a Venezuelan mandeported to El Salvador and his lawyers, according to a report.
Judge Keith Ellison in Texas gave the federal government 24 hours to confirm the location of Widmer Josneyder Agelviz Sanguino, 24, and 48 hours to “restore and help maintain attorney-client communication” with him, NBC News reported.
“This shows that the court is as concerned as we are as to the whereabouts of this individual and the illegal justification for his continued detention,” said Javier Rivera, Sanguino's lawyer.
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The Trump administration is expected to appeal the order, which appears to be the first in which the administration has been ordered to facilitate contact between inmates and their lawyers, according to the report.
Previously, the Supreme Court had ordered the federal government to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father wrongly deported to El Salvador despite a court order explicitly barring as such.