US EditionJudge demands answers of Trump administration in Venezuela deportation case
- A federal judge, James E. Boasberg, questioned the Trump administration's claims that his verbal order against deportations was not binding and could not apply to flights leaving the U.S.
- Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order on deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, which has rarely been used in U.S. History, due to concerns about improper removals.
- Venezuela's government condemned what it termed kidnappings of migrants, pledging to challenge the deportations as crimes against humanity.
- The Trump administration maintains it complied with the court's order, stating it would not deport anyone if the order is not overturned.
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Debatable: Is the Alien Enemies Act applicable to today’s migration issues?
what’s at stakePresident Donald Trump’s use of an obscure 1798 law to justify the removal of Venezuelan migrants from the US, many of them alleged gang members, is his latest test of the bounds of executive power.The law, known as the Alien Enemies Act, has only been used a handful of times in US history and allows for the deportation of noncitizens during wartime without having them go before a judge. Trump’s move immediately provoked legal act…
2 Venezuelans held in Valley nearly deported under Trump’s wartime declaration
Daniel Enrique Zacarias Matos is a national from Venezuela. While he is in removal proceedings, his attorneys say those proceedings remain ongoing and there is no removal order against him. Adrian Gil Rojas is also a Venezuelan national. He holds Temporary Protected Status prohibiting his removal through April 2. Both men are being held in the El Valle Detention Center in Raymondville, though Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, arrested…
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