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Trump’s Threat to Unleash Troops in Cities Just Got Darker and Scarier
The president just won a temporary victory in court on his troops in Los Angeles. His unhinged reaction to it reveals the ...
'Hereby declared unlawful': Judge finds 'severe deficiencies' in Trump admin's use of Alien Enemies Act, permanently blocking future deportations
A federal judge in Texas blocked the Trump administration from deporting migrants under the AEA, holding the statute was ...
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Trump-appointed judge says president’s use of Alien Enemies Act is unlawful in first-of-its-kind ruling
US District Judge Fernando Rodriguez of the Southern District of Texas said Trump had unlawfully invoked the sweeping 18th century wartime authority to speed up some deportations. His decision ...
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Judge rules Trump’s use of wartime act for deportations is illegal
A Trump-appointed federal judge ruled Thursday that the president exceeded his authority by invoking the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan migrants, dealing a blow to the ...
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Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Admin From Using Alien Enemies Act To Deport Gang Members
Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., a Trump appointee, held the president’s March 15 proclamation invoking the AEA to target members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang is “unlawful” because the ...
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Judge says 18th-century wartime law can't be used for deportations in first-of-its-kind ruling
Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is the first judge to rule that the Alien Enemies Act cannot be used against people whom the Republican administration claims are gang members invading the U.S ...
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Trump-appointed judge blocks ‘unlawful’ Alien Enemies Act deportations and sets up major legal battle
The Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan immigrants accused of being gang members “exceeds” the scope of the law and runs “contrary to the ...