Updated May 01, 2025 at 15:20 PM ET. 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 ...

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 ...

A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas on Thursday ruled that the president's use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport Venezuelan immigrants from South Texas was "unlawful." ...

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 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 ...

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. ... Judges in three other states — Texas, ...

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. U.S. District ...