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 ...

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 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." ...

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 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 ...