By Danielle
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Trump can invoke the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport Tren de Aragua members.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines issued the first ruling allowing the Trump administration to invoke the wartime power, contrasting rulings by other federal judges.
The Hill reports:
She says Trump is within his rights to deport members of a foreign terrorist organization — a designation he has made for Tren de Aragua.
Haines, a Trump appointee, emphasized her “unflagging obligation is to apply the law as written.”
“Having done its job, the Court now leaves it to the Political Branches of the government, and ultimately to the people who elect those individuals, to decide whether the laws and those executing them continue to reflect their will,” Haines wrote in her 43-page ruling.
The new split comes as the American Civil Liberties Union, which has filed a wave of lawsuits across the country challenging Trump’s use of the AEA, calls on the Supreme Court to immediately take up the issue and swiftly provide a nationwide resolution.
