Full appeals court to hear arguments over contempt inquiry into CECOT deportations

More than a hundred Venezuelans were deported to the CECOT mega-prison.

June 22, 2026, 5:27 PM

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to hear arguments over a federal judge's attempt to hold the Trump administration in contempt for the deportation of more than a hundred Venezuelans to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison last year. 

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