The US Supreme Court on Friday kept in place its block on President Donald Trump’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a 1798 law historically used only in wartime, faulting his administration for seeking to remove them without adequate legal process. The justices, in a brief and unsigned opinion, granted a request by American Civil Liberties…
A federal judge in Texas ruled that the Trump administration cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan prisoners, who are accused of being members of the criminal group Tren de Aragua. The law, established in 1798, was primarily used in times of war. It was used in the War of 1812, World War I,…
A federal judge in Colorado has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to provide 21 days’ notice before deporting Venezuelan migrants detained in the state, issuing a significant procedural safeguard under a rarely invoked wartime law. US District Judge Charlotte Sweeney’s ruling, issued on Tuesday, maintains a temporary block on deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies…
The US Supreme Court issued a temporary order early Saturday halting the deportation of a group of Venezuelan migrants accused by the Trump administration of being gang members. The deportations were being pursued under the rarely used 1798 Alien Enemies Act, which is typically invoked during wartime. The stay came after the ACLU filed urgent…
The US Supreme Court early on Saturday paused President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting Venezuelan men in immigration custody after their lawyers said they were at imminent risk of removal without the judicial review previously mandated by the justices. “The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from…
The US Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a victory on Monday by letting him use a 1798 law that historically has been employed only in wartime to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of the Republican president’s hardline approach to immigration. The court granted the administration’s request to lift Washington-based US Judge James…
A US appeals court judge said on Monday that Nazis were given more rights to contest their removal from the United States during World War Two than Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration. In a contentious hearing, US Circuit Judge Patricia Millett questioned government lawyer Drew Ensign on whether Venezuelans targeted for removal under…
In a move that could stir up the global energy market, US President Donald Trump on Monday said that countries that buy gas and oil from Venezuela would pay 25 per cent tariffs on any trades made with the United States. The move could trigger higher levies on goods from India and China, which are…
President Donald Trump on Monday announced a 25% tariff on imports from countries purchasing oil or gas from Venezuela, alongside new tariffs on Venezuela itself. In a Truth Social post, Trump said Venezuela has been “very hostile” to the US and countries purchasing oil from it will be forced to pay the tariff on all…
President Donald Trump said on Monday he would levy a 25 percent tariff across the board on any country buying oil or gas from Venezuela, as he escalated trade wars with a number of US foes and allies.“Venezuela has been very hostile to the United States and the Freedoms which we espouse,” he wrote on…