A Trump-appointed federal judge ruled that the president exceeded his authority by invoking the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan migrants.

The judge’s order prohibits the federal government from using the act to deport people in a large swath of Texas who are accused of being Tren de Aragua members. But the ruling did not order anyone’s ...

A judge upheld Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants, but required due process; critics say it dangerously expands executive power.

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from using an 18th-century law to deport suspected Venezuelan gangbangers in South Texas, ruling that the president’s invocation of ...

Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century Alien Enemies Act A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas ...

President Trump issued a proclamation in March invoking the wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants who he claims are members of the gang Tren de Aragua.

A federal judge in west Texas joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th-century wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act.

A federal judge in Texas Thursday ruled that President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to detain and deport Venezuelan immigrants from South Texas was "unlawful." U.S. District Judge ...

Federal judges in New York and Colorado ruled against President Trump's administration over his invoking of the Alien Enemies Act. President Trump issued a proclamation in March invoking the ...

In a 36-page opinion, Judge Rodriguez concluded that Trump's March 15 invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is "unlawful" and "exceeds the scope" of the centuries-old wartime law that allows the ...