By Kaley
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that blocked the Trump administration from deporting dozens of illegal Venezuelan aliens.
Full scoop on that ruling here:
Now, the Trump administration has just released something SCOTUS doesn’t want you to see: the names, rap sheets, and photos of several suspected illegal alien gang members that were on the verge of being deported prior to the ruling.
Many of these are confirmed members of the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang and have criminal records.
Let’s just say that they definitely don’t look like the kinds of people you’d want your kids to be around.
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shared the photos:
NEW: Per a senior Trump admin official, these are some of the suspected Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members detained in Texas that the admin was planning to deport before SCOTUS stepped in and blocked it last night. All have significant criminal convictions or charges. pic.twitter.com/qdrdpAQvEJ
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 19, 2025
More: pic.twitter.com/Rk1anUs4mX
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 19, 2025
Fox News reported:
The Trump administration on Saturday released the rap sheets and photos of alleged Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members detained in Texas who the administration is trying to deport.
The suspects of the violent Venezuelan gang were going to be deported using the recently reinstated Alien Enemies Act of 1798 before the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled Saturday morning against deportations under the 18th century law.
In a decision in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union, the administration was barred from removing Venezuelans held in Texas’ Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.”
Following the ruling, Trump administration lawyers filed an opposition to the request to block the deportations, noting the government provided advance notice to detainees prior to removals, and they had adequate time to file habeas claims.
At a minimum, attorneys argued the court should limit the administrative stay to removals.
SCOTUS previously ruled the president could conduct deportations under the Alien Enemies Act as long as suspected illegal aliens were afforded due process to challenge their removal from the U.S.
“These are some of the TdA gang members detained in Texas that we are trying to deport,” a senior Trump administration official told Fox News.
TdA, designated a foreign terrorist organization Feb. 20 by the Department of State, has thousands of members, many of whom the White House says have unlawfully infiltrated the U.S. and are “undertaking hostile actions against the United States.”
Photos released by the administration of suspected TdA members who made the list show various tattoos, weapons, jewelry and money.
Officials also noted each suspected member’s prior criminal convictions and current charges.
Here’s a closer look at each rap sheet: