President Donald Trump went on a Truth Social tirade accusing judges of trying to block the deportation of dangerous illegal immigrants.
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ATrump-appointedjudgeappearstohavedrawntheireofPresidentDonaldTrumpafterblockingtheadministration’s“unlawful”useoftheAlienEnemiesAct.
U.S.DistrictCourtJudgeFernandoRodriguezJr.statedthathewouldnotpreventtheadministrationfromdeportingindividualsintheU.S.illegallybutthattheAlienEnemiesActcouldnotbeusedasabasistoexpelallegedgangmembersfromthecountry.RodriguezisthefirstjudgetoruleagainsttheTrumpadministration’suseoftheAlienEnemiesActtodeportallegedgangmembers.
“ThequestionthatthislawsuitpresentsiswhetherthePresidentcanutilizeaspecificstatute,theAEA,todetainandremoveVenezuelanalienswhoaremembersof[TrendeAragua].Astothatquestion,thehistoricalrecordrendersclearthatthepresident’sinvocationoftheAEAthroughtheProclamationexceedsthescopeofthestatuteandiscontrarytotheplain,ordinarymeaningofthestatute’sterms,”Rodriguez—whowasappointedbyTrumpin
