US judge allows Trump adminration to use Alien Enemies Act for deportations | World News
In a major relief to US President Donald Trump’s adminration, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that the United States can use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan citizens who are accused of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang.
In the first ruling which has effectively backed the Trump adminration’s interpretation of 1798 law, Judge Stephanie Haines, of the US Drict for the Western Drict of Pennsylvania ruled that President Trump had the authority to proclaim Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua a foreign terror group and deport its members under Alien Enemies Act.
However, Judge Haines criticized the federal government for practicing to deport individuals sometimes “within a matter of hours.” Haines, who was appointed Trump during his first term, asked the officials to give at least 21 days notice before they could be deported in order to avoid the possibility that people who are not gang members “may be errantly removed from this country.”
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The attorney representing ASR who is with the American Civil Liberties Union, Lee Gelernt, has said that he would appeal the decision of the Pennsylvania judge.
“We strongly disagree with the Court’s decision to allow the government to continue using this wartime authority during peacetime, and will appeal that aspect of the decision,” Gelernt said, Reuters reported.
Notably, the ruling Haines is starkly opposite to other federal courts decisions’ interpretation of the Alien Enemies Act invoked President Trump in March as federal judges in New York, Colorado and Texas have ruled against the Trump adminration’s usage of the wartime law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.
The Trump adminration has deported alleged Venezuelan gang members to a notorious prison in El Salvador for which the US government is paying $6 million to the Central American nation. The act of deportation is part of Donald Trump’s policy of immigration in his second tenure.
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