Brief by Shorts91NewsDesk / 08:09am on 16 Mar 2025,Sunday International
President Trump plans to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite deportations of non-citizens linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, designated as a foreign terrorist organization. This seldom-used law grants the president authority to detain and deport individuals from nations engaged in hostilities with the U.S. However, a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the deportation of five Venezuelan nationals and questioning the act's applicability during peacetime. Civil liberties groups, including the ACLU and Democracy Forward, have filed lawsuits challenging the administration's actions, arguing that the law's use in this context is unprecedented and unlawful.
