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- Democracy Now: DOJ admits Noem decided CECOT deportations
- CNN: Noem made decision despite judge order
- ABC News: Noem directed Venezuelans to El Salvador
- NBC News: Noem made final call on flights
- Fox News: Noem greenlit flights despite judge order
- The Hill: DOJ acknowledges Noem decision
- Washington Times: Noem gave approval despite judge
- CBS News: Noem made decision not to turn planes around
- Democracy Docket: Noem approved removals
- Axios: Noem approved transfer after legal advice
- Washington Post: Judge launches contempt proceedings
- CNN: Boasberg resuming contempt inquiry
- ABC News: Judge will proceed with contempt
- Courthouse News: Contempt hearings over defiance
- New York Times: Whistleblower says officials suggested violating court orders
- CBS News: Whistleblower details stonewall efforts
- CNN Politics: Documents back up whistleblower
- Sun-Sentinel: Justice Dept suggested ignoring court orders
- Politico: Internal DOJ messages bolster whistleblower
- Emptywheel: Todd Blanche and Emil Bove contempt
- Law and Crime: Trump admin denies violating judge order
- Bloomberg Law: Bove cannot use judgeship to duck testimony
- Newsweek: Full list of names in judge inquiry
- HRW: Torture of Venezuelan deportees
- HRW: Full You Have Arrived in Hell report
- CNN: Venezuelans subjected to torture in CECOT
- CBS News: Venezuelan migrants tortured at CECOT
- Democracy Now: CECOT torture report interviews
- Senator Welch: Statement on CECOT report
- Cristosal: You Have Arrived in Hell report
- Inkstick Media: Deep dive on deportation to CECOT
- HRW: You Have Arrived in Hell full content
- House Foreign Affairs: Letter on CECOT torture
- Progressive International: Repatriated Venezuelans denounce torture
- Reuters: El Salvador sends Venezuelans home in prisoner swap
- The Independent: Freed from torture prison exchange
- Peoples Dispatch: Maduro negotiates return
- France24: Migrants freed reach Venezuela
- VB Law: AEA invocation due process concerns
- AILA: Presidential Proclamation on AEA
- The Intercept: Trump invokes wartime authority
- BBC: Alien Enemies Act explained
- Brennan Center: Supreme Court lifts AEA injunction
- Fordham Law: How AEA erodes immigrants rights
- HRW: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act
- EPI: Invocation of AEA analysis
- ACLU: Georgia court blocks AEA removal
- American Immigration Council: Court blocks AEA removal
- ACLU: Court finds AEA removals unlawful
- Washington Post: Advocates restart efforts to block expulsions
- Wikipedia: J.G.G. v. Trump case
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