Trump, Venezuela and Alien Enemies Act
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U.S. District Judge James Boasberg orders Trump administration to bring back 137 deported migrants at taxpayers' expense after ruling they were denied due process rights.
What Price for Due Process? On Monday, toward the end of another court hearing in the interminable Alien Enemies
Trump team ordered to return illegally deported Venezuelans after lawyers told judge to ‘pound sand’ - Judge blasts ‘flagrant’ violation of due process rights for Venezuelans sent to CECOT in order fo
In December, a federal judge ruled the Trump administration should not have sent the men to CECOT after invoking the Alien Enemies Act, finding that the men were denied due process.
The complaint is related to Boasberg's handling of the administration's swift removals of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador and the Alien Enemies Act.
President Donald Trump claims that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 grants him the power to deport certain Venezuelan-born aliens without due process, based on the mere allegation of membership in a criminal street gang. But the text of the Alien Enemies Act ...
A federal judge says President Donald Trump can use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan citizens who are shown to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang. The ruling Tuesday from U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines in Pennsylvania appears to be the ...
President Donald Trump loves the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. At a campaign rally in Arizona in 2024, Trump said that when he was elected president he would use the act to target undocumented criminal immigrants. “Think of that—1798,” he said with a laugh.