US EditionTrump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, judge rules
- On May 1, 2025, a U.S. Federal judge, Fernando Rodriguez Jr., blocked the Trump administration’s effort to remove Venezuelan nationals from South Texas by invoking a centuries-old wartime statute.
- The ruling came after President Donald Trump issued a March proclamation alleging that members of the Venezuelan group Tren de Aragua were entering the U.S. Illegally and invoked special authority to deport certain immigrants without standard judicial review.
- Judge Rodriguez ruled that the administration improperly applied the Alien Enemies Act, a law that has rarely been invoked in U.S. History and was most notably employed during World War II to detain Japanese-Americans.
- Rodriguez acknowledged that both the Court and the involved parties accept the Executive Branch's authority to detain and deport individuals involved in criminal conduct within the United States; however, he ruled that the President's application of the statute goes beyond what the law permits.
- The permanent injunction marks the first formal judicial block on the administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act, indicating the president misused this law to deport Venezuelans claimed as gang members.
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UN concerned over wrongful deportations of immigrants from US to El Salvador
UN human rights experts published a statement Wednesday expressing concern over unlawful US deportations to El Salvador. According to the statement, the US deported over 250 Venezuelan and Salvadoran men who are allegedly involved with gangs. The experts stated that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, invoked by the Trump Administration to authorize deportations of individuals who are gang members has been abused by denial of due process, independent…
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Trump-appointed judge says president’s use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations illegal
May 1 (UPI) — A Trump-appointed Texas federal judge ruled Thursday the administration is illegally using the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without due process. The ruling permanently blocks use of the act to deport migrants. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez wrote in the ruling, “The Court concludes that the President’s invocation of the AEA through the Proclamation exceeds the scope of the statute and,…
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