Last week, the Supreme Court blocked Donald Trump from continuing to use an archaic wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants without due process, after the administration sent hundreds of people to prison in El Salvador this way. In a 7-2 decision, the justices vacated a decision by the Fifth Circuit …
Read More »Trump Suggests Supreme Court Is 'Illegally' Blocking His Lawless Deportations
Donald Trump is still seething at the Supreme Court after it issued a ruling Friday continuing to block his efforts to deport immigrants without due process by citing an archaic wartime law. On Saturday, Trump shared a post on Truth Social from lawyer Mike Davis, one of his most extreme …
Read More »Supreme Court Blocks Trump's Alien Enemies Act Deportations
The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency bid by the Trump administration to resume deportations without due process under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) — an archaic law that allows the president to suspend the legal rights of foreign nationals during times of armed conflict. In a 7-2 decision — …
Read More »Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Deportation Push Is Unlawful
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Trump administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act in order to deport undocumented migrants without due process is unlawful because the act is predicated on an organized, armed act of war, or other violent action against the United States — none …
Read More »'Wasting Judicial Resources': Judge Shreds Trump Admin's Alien Enemies Act Case
Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a Venezuelan couple Friday after a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Trump administration’s handling of their case did not have a “lawful basis.” U.S. District Judge David Briones of El Paso wrote in a searing ruling that ICE had not demonstrated convincing evidence …
Read More »Yet Another Federal Judge Blocks Trump's B.S. Deportations
Another federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to deport migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, at least for now. Judge Charlotte Sweeney, of the Colorado District Court, ruled on Tuesday that the White House could not order the removal of migrants held in Colorado detention centers under the …
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