US Says Venezuela ‘Instability’ Bars Hearings Over Migrant Fight

The Trump administration told a judge that the “fluid situation” in Venezuela following the seizure of President Nicolás Maduro means there is no “feasible” way for US officials to give a group of migrants sent to the country an opportunity to contest the lawfulness of their deportations.

A US judge ruled in December that approximately 137 migrants must be allowed to retroactively challenge their removals last March. In a court filing late Monday, Justice Department officials said that holding video hearings for the men in Venezuela “would pose insurmountable legal and practical obstacles” and that any effort to bring them ...