Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, judge rules | Says that Tren de Aragua’s presence in the United States was not an “invasion” or “predatory incursion” as contemplated by the law
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Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, judge rules | Says that Tren de Aragua’s presence in the United States was not an “invasion” or “predatory incursion” as contemplated by the law
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> President Donald Trump’s administration exceeded the scope of an 18th-century wartime law in using it to deport some Venezuelan migrants, a federal judge in Texas said on Thursday in barring the administration from using it to speed up deportations.
> In a 36-page [opinion](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771.58.0_1.pdf), U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez ruled that the Trump administration could not rely on the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua because the gang’s presence in the United States was not an “invasion” or “predatory incursion” as contemplated by the law.
> “The historical record renders clear that the President’s invocation of the AEA through the Proclamation exceeds the scope of the statute and is contrary to the plain, ordinary meaning of the statute’s terms,” wrote Rodriguez, who was appointed by Trump during his first term.
!ping IMMIGRATION&LAW
I have read so many instances of a Judge directly telling him what he cannot do and him proceeding to do it anyway. At some point one of these Judge’s have to realize they’ll either have to put their foot down or they’ll collectively help make their positions appear completely powerless.