Trump, Alien Enemies and Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a judge's decision to block the removal of men alleged to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to El Salvador without any legal process under the Alie...
USA Today |
The decision allows the Justice Department to continue using a 1798 law called the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants it says are members of a Venezuelan crime gang.
Politico |
The Supreme Court, voting 5-4, said lawsuits seeking to block the deportations had to be filed in the places where the detainees are jailed.
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A Supreme Court ruling came after the Alien Enemies Act was used last month to fly more than 130 men accused of being gang members to El Salvador.
Alien Enemies Act explained as Donald Trump allowed to reintroduce 227-year-old law last used in WW2
However, the US president has moved onto his next big idea - deterring immigration by implementing the Alien Enemies Act, a 227-year-old law last used in WW2. Passed in 1798, the Alien Enemies Act gives a US president power during wartime to detain and deport the citizens of an enemy nation.
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The Supreme Court on Monday lifted an order blocking President Donald Trump ’s administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used 18th-century wartime law. In a bitterly divided 5-4 decision,
The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to deport undocumented Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, but mandates court hearings for those facing deportation.