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Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, judge rules

  • On May 1, 2025, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. Blocked the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act in South Texas.
  • This ruling came after President Trump issued a proclamation in March asserting that members of the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua were entering the United States illegally and invoked an 18th-century wartime statute to accelerate their deportation.
  • The Act, last used during World War II to intern Japanese-Americans, has faced multiple legal challenges and sparked litigation after attempts to transfer migrants to a notorious El Salvador prison.
  • Rodriguez wrote the administration lacked authority under the Act, stating allowing the president to unilaterally invoke it would remove all statutory limits on executive power.
  • The ruling prevents using the wartime law for these deportations but allows other immigration laws to apply, marking the first court decision limiting peaceful use of the Act.
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