A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump can use the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) — a rarely invoked 18th-century wartime law — to deport undocumented Venezuelan citizens who are proven members of the Tren de Aragua gang, which the administration labeled a foreign terrorist organization. …
Read More »Judge Questions Trump’s Claims as Court Probes Legality of Migrant Detentions in El Salvador
A federal judge raised serious questions Wednesday about the Trump administration’s claim that it is not responsible for the men it deported to El Salvador, citing President Donald Trump’s own public statements suggesting otherwise. Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg sharply questioned the government’s assertion that the 238 deported men …
Read More »Declassified U.S. Intelligence Undercuts Trump’s Justification for Venezuelan Deportations
A newly declassified U.S. intelligence assessment directly contradicts claims made by President Donald Trump’s administration to justify deporting Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, concluding that there is no credible evidence of coordination between the Venezuelan government and the violent gang Tren de Aragua. The redacted memo, produced by …
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