US EditionAppeals court rules Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang
The 5th Circuit Court ruled the Alien Enemies Act does not apply as no invasion or predatory incursion by the Venezuelan gang was found, blocking rapid deportations under this law.
- A federal appeals court blocked President Donald Trump from deporting members of the Tren de Aragua gang, stating there was no evidence of an 'invasion' or 'predatory incursion' by a foreign power.
- The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Trump's claims about a national emergency were not legally supported, emphasizing that the injunction applies only to the Alien Enemies Act.
- The court found that Trump's characterization of the migrants as part of an invasion was unsupported, noting that a country's encouragement of illegal entry does not equate to an invasion.
- The decision clarified that interpreting the terms of the Alien Enemies Act, particularly regarding wartime actions, requires specific military definitions, which were not met in this case.
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Why Courts Blocked Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans
President Donald Trump’s use of a 227-year-old wartime law to deport accused Venezuelan gang members to an El Salvador mega-prison without legal due process triggered lawsuits across the US. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 allows a president to unilaterally detain or deport almost all citizens of an enemy nation during a war or invasion. Asserting the law in peacetime, as Trump did in a March proclamation, is unprecedented and tests the boundaries…
Appeals Court Rejects Use of Alien Enemies Act for US Deportations - teleSUR English
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump cannot invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to carry out expedited deportations of Venezuelan citizens accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua group. The decision opens the door for the case to the Supreme Court. RELATED: US Appeals Court Refuses to Reinstate Texas Anti-Migrants Law The ruling was issued by a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, which by a ma…
Trump policies stalled by series of rulings, likely setting up Supreme Court fight
A federal court rejected the Trump administration's use of an 18th-century wartime law, known as the Alien Enemies Act, to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. It's another legal setback for the White House, which has also seen courts curtail its authority to impose tariffs and send troops into U.S. cities. William Brangham discussed more with Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck.
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