A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Trump administration from using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to expedite deportations of people accused of membership in Tren de Aragua. The panel found the act was not intended for use against gangs absent an invasion or predatory incursion and granted a preliminary injunction barring deportations from Texas and Louisiana. The administration had deported some designated members to a prison in El Salvador and argued U.S. courts could not order their release; over 250 deported migrants later returned to Venezuela. The case is likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative federal appeals courts in the country, agreed with immigrant rights lawyers and lower court judges who argued the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was not intended to be used against gangs like Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan group Trump targeted in his March invocation.
The administration deported people designated as Tren de Aragua members to a notorious prison in El Salvador where, it argued, U.S. courts could not order them freed. In a deal announced in July, more than 250 of the deported migrants returned to Venezuela. The Alien Enemies Act was only used three times before in U.S. history, all during declared wars in the War of 1812 and the two World Wars.
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