Alien Enemies Act

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Judge rules Trump Administration's move to freeze federal funding at Harvard is illegal
MSNBC· 2025-09-03 23:20
At the time that Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act, he justified it by saying that undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers coming to our country were engaged in an act of war. Even worse in that clip we just played for you. But his declaration to use a centuries old wartime act was just rejected by a federal appeals court, the fifth circuit in New Orleans, who ruled against him in a 2 to1 decision.The majority writing this quote, "A country's engaging its residents and citizens to enter this cou ...
Court block Trump's effort to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members
NBC News· 2025-09-03 11:46
want to ask you about that ruling from the federal appeals court. It bars the Trump administration from continuing to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members. The use of this wartime law, I mean, immediately raised questions back in March when we saw the administration deporting hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.The legal battle we know isn't over. But for the Trump administration, how big of a defeat is this right now. Right. You're absolutely right, Joe.We could expect the Tr ...
El Salvador sends U.S. deportees to Venezuela as part of prisoner exchange
MSNBC· 2025-07-21 16:42
>> WELCOME BACK. WE'RE FOLLOWING NEW DEVELOPMENTS AFTER A MAJOR SWAP TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE US AND VENEZUELA THIS PAST WEEKEND, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SAID TEN AMERICANS WHO WERE DETAINED IN VENEZUELA WERE BEING SENT BACK TO THE US, AND EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENT, NAYIB BUKELE, ANNOUNCED THAT MORE THAN 200 VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS, WHOM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAD SENT TO HIS COUNTRY'S NOTORIOUS MEGA PRISON, WERE FLOWN TO VENEZUELA AS PART OF THAT DEAL, THE MOVE DRAWING BACKLASH FROM LEGAL GROUPS WHO HAD ...