Overview
- The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Washington, seeks at least $1.3 million in damages and a ruling that the deportation broke the law.
- He says ICE arrested him on March 13, 2025 and removed him despite a 2028 immigration hearing and a temporary court order that barred his removal.
- He says officers misread his tattoos as signs of the Tren de Aragua gang, while his record shows only a minor paraphernalia infraction.
- He reports four months incommunicado at El Salvador’s CECOT with beatings, overcrowding, and no medical care, which mirrors findings by CBS/60 Minutes and Human Rights Watch.
- DHS labels him a security threat tied to Tren de Aragua yet has offered no public evidence, and the suit targets 2025 removals that sent 200-plus Venezuelans to El Salvador under exceptional powers a federal judge has already questioned.