Trump Can Use Alien Enemies Act Against Venezuelan Gang, Judge Rules

The ruling, applying only to detainees held in western Pennsylvania, is the first to uphold the president’s invocation of the wartime act. But it requires that detainees be given 21 days’ notice.

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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Venezuelan Deportations to Resume

The solicitor general contended that a group of migrants had barricaded themselves inside a Texas detention center and threatened to take hostages.

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In Texas Borderland, Trump’s Immigration Push Suffers Its Worst Legal Defeat Yet

Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is a Trump nominee with conservative credentials. But he found White House claims about a Venezuelan gang “invasion” went too far.

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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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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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Lawyers Seek Return of Migrants Deported Under Wartime Act

An updated lawsuit filed in Washington was the latest in a flurry of suits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to send migrants to a prison in El Salvador.

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Why Due Process and Habeas Corpus Are Central to the Trump’s Deportation Cases

Two concepts — due process and habeas corpus — are central to cases challenging the Trump administration’s deportations. Here’s what they mean and why they matter.

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Inside the Urgent Fight Over the Trump Administration’s New Deportation Effort

The push to deport a group of Venezuelans raises questions about whether the government is following a Supreme Court order requiring that migrants receive due process.

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A Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act

Legal challenges over the powerful wartime law have gone all the way to the Supreme Court.

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Appeals Court Pauses for Now Contempt Proposal by Trial Judge

Judge James E. Boasberg had threatened to open contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration had violated his order not to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.

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