NPR - The Trump administration this weekend deported about 250 people it accused of being members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua to El Salvador. Trump invoked a rarely-used law called the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel them without due process. A federal judge is trying to stop this.
In Trump’s order, he described the gang as a force invading the U.S., NPR’s Adrian Florido says. The ACLU sued to stop the deportations. The organization acted quickly because once the U.S. turns someone over to a foreign government, federal courts lose jurisdiction. Judge James Boasberg of the federal district court in D.C. said he didn’t think the Alien Enemies Act authorized the immediate deportations. He told the government to turn back any planes that might be in the air already, but that didn’t happen.
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