Cruz-Medina v. Noem

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JOSE CRUZ-MEDINA Petitioner, Case No. 25-cv-1768-ABA v. KRISTI NOEM, et al., Respondents MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner Jose Cruz-Medina is originally from Honduras and illegally reentered the United States in 2013 after having been previously removed in 2012. An immigration judge (“IJ”) granted him withholding of removal in 2019 based on a finding that he was likely to be persecuted or tortured in Honduras. The government now proposes to remove him to Mexico. (Earlier this year, the government had proposed to remove him to El…