Texas Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans

The ruling, which is limited to the Southern District of Texas, prohibited the administration from using the wartime law because the president’s claims about a Venezuelan gang do not add up to an “invasion.”

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5 Takeaways: Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Migrants to El Salvador

Internal documents and interviews with people familiar with the operation reveal how the White House seized on a wartime law to accelerate immigrant deportations.

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Government Notices to Migrants Fall Short of Due Process, Legal Experts Say

Venezuelan migrants were given English-only notices with limited time to file court challenges, according to a newly unsealed declaration.

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U.S. Says Tren de Aragua Charges Will ‘Devastate’ Its Infrastructure

Federal prosecutors charged six members of the Venezuelan gang and 21 members of a violent splinter group.

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Bukele Proposes Deal That Would Free Deported Venezuelans

President Nayib Bukele said he would free the Venezuelans that the Trump administration deported to El Salvador if Venezuela releases the same number of prisoners, including members of the opposition.

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Lawyers Urge Courts to Halt More Deportations of Venezuelans Under Alien Enemies Act

More than 50 Venezuelans are believed to be scheduled to be flown out of the country, presumably to El Salvador, from an immigration detention center in Anson, Texas.

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Inside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, Where Abrego Garcia Was Held

A U.S. senator was denied entry to a prison holding Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and other deportees. The authorities arranged a meeting at a hotel instead. Here’s what to know.

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What to Know About the Court Cases Challenging Trump’s Immigration Agenda

The Trump administration is on course for a potential constitutional clash with the judiciary branch, which has issued several rulings countering executive orders.

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Trump Is Relying More on Tattoos to Identify Gang Members. Experts Say That’s Unreliable.

The administration appears to be using little more than body art to deport people that it says are members of Tren de Aragua, a move that critics say ignores decades of protocol.

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Another Lawsuit, This Time in Colorado, Over Trump’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act

The president’s efforts to invoke a wartime statute to deport scores of Venezuelan immigrants have set off one of the most contentious legal battles of his second term.

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