US EditionTrump 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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Federal judge bars use of Alien Enemies Act in key South Texas area • Source New Mexico
Prisoners sit at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT, on April 4, 2025, in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. The Trump administration deported 238 alleged members of Venezuelan criminal organizations to the prison. (Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday struck down President Donald Trump’s use of a wartime law to deport Venezuelan nationals, but limited the scope to the Southern District of Texa…
A Trump judge’s ruling against Trump’s deportations, briefly explained
Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. — whom President Donald Trump appointed in his first term — ruled the president was misusing the Alien Enemies Act. | Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: A federal judge today barred President Donald Trump from usin…
Federal judge makes decision for president regarding deportation of Venezuelan gang members * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Apartments in Colorado taken over by Tren de Aragua A federal judge has claimed that President Donald Trump didn’t meet the requirements to cite the Alien Enemies Act to deport members of a violent criminal gang that has been linked to the Venezuelan government. The judge, Fernando Rodriquez, said, among other things, that Trump did not show that Tren de Aragua members were moving into the U.S. at the behest of the Venezuelan government, a neede…
Federal judge rules Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua terrorists: 'Unlawful'
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on March 15 invoking the Alien Enemies Act and declaring that Tren de Aragua is "a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization" aligned with the Venezuelan Maduro regime that "is perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States." "I proclaim that all Venezuelan citizens 14 years of age or older who are members of TdA, are within the…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end protected status for 600,000 Venezuelans
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to end deportation protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, the administration’s latest plea for the justices to intervene in President Trump’s sweeping immigration agenda. The emergency application seeks to lift a San Francisco-based federal district judge’s ruling that halted the administration’s plans as a legal challenge proceeds, with that decision finding the abrupt policy…
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