U.S. judges in Texas, New York block DOJ from removing plaintiffs in Alien Enemies Act deportation case

Texas and New York judges expand Venezuelan migrant protections

Preliminary injunction hearings were scheduled in both states later this month.

Column: No clear winner in Supreme Court’s Alien Enemies Act ruling

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Venezuelan immigrants accused of belonging to a gang and slated for deportation by the Trump administration have the right to a judicial hearing before they can be sent out of the country. The court split 5-4 on where the hearings should be held and under what legal principle. The conservatives, minus Justice Amy Coney Barrett, said the Venezuelans must file petitions for habeas corpus in Texas, where they…

Trump’s executive order on immigration challenged in Oregon federal court

Immigration officers in Oregon were forced to release a Venezuelan man seeking asylum just hours after detaining him, following a hearing this week before a federal judge.The case appears to pit the due process rights of asylum seekers against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. It comes days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that migrants are entitled to due process rights and challenge the use of a wartime immigration law Pr…

Due process above all: Supreme Court must clarify Alien Enemies ruling - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Since the Trump administration has refused to guarantee that people being picked and deported using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act have the right to appear before a judge, the U.S. Supreme Court must.

Judge Fernando Rodríguez Jr., nominated by Donald Trump, became the center of attention after temporarily blocking the deportation of three Venezuelans detained in Texas.This decision comes in the midst of the implementation of the Foreign Enemies Act, used by the Trump administration to expel immigrants accused of belonging to criminal organizations.Judge Fernando Rodríguez Jr. and his relationship with TrumpNamed by Donald Trump in 2018, Ferna…

After SCOTUS Ruling, NY Judge Thwarts Trump’s Latest Attempt at Deportations Under AEA

A series of legal battles continues to unfold over the U.S. government’s decision to deport Venezuelan migrants under an 18th-century wartime law. While the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting such deportations, a federal judge in New York issued a separate TRO halting the removal of certain Venezuelan migrants, fueling a contentious legal fight over the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798. Supreme C…