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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With the death of due process and the rule of law, no one is safe - The Martha's Vineyard Times
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.” –Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984), a German Lutheran minister and early Nazi supporter who was later i…
Trump DOJ wages dual fights in Venezuelan migrants case
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is working to fend off possible contempt in a case involving alleged Venezuelan gang members, a heated fight happening parallel to a broader court battle over whether the president has authority to deport them…
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…
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