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May 14, 2025

Trump-Appointed Judge OKs Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans
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A federal judge in Pennsylvania has upheld President Trump's use of the
Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan immigrants without due process.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Lou Haines's ruling is the first to
support Trump's use of the 1798 wartime law, after judges in three other
federal jurisdictions ruled Trump does not have the power to use the
Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members. Judge Haines was
nominated to the federal bench by Trump during his first term.

On Monday, disgraced former Congressmember Matt Gaetz of Florida brought
a television crew from the far-right One America News Network into the
CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador. Footage shows prisoners - some of whom
were deported from the U.S. without due process - packed into crowded
cells, shouting "freedom" and using hand gestures calling for help.


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