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Axios
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Axios
In first, judge allows Trump to use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans
The Trump administration can invoke the Aliens Enemies Act to deport alleged Tren de Aragua gang members, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The big picture: U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines is the first to approve the Trump administration's use of the 18th-century wartime law to quickly carry out deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. Zoom in: Haines determined that as long as the government provides sufficient notice and due process, President Trump can remove members of a foreign terrorist organization, which Tren de Aragua was designated in February. The judge said the government has to provide a 21-day notice in a language understood by the migrants and an "opportunity to be heard" before deporting people under the Alien Enemies Act. That timeframe is longer than the 24-hour notice the government has asserted it needs to give migrants. "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. Zoom out: Federal judges in at least three states have issued orders blocking deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. The administration has invoked the wartime law to quickly deport undocumented immigrants, often with little or no due process. Catch up quick: In March, the administration defied a federal judge's order barring the deportation of about 250 people the government claims are Tren de Aragua gang members. The administration argued the deportation flights, which were not turned around as ordered, had taken off before the judge's written order came through and were justified under the Alien Enemies Act. Following lower court rulings, the Supreme Court last month allowed the administration to resume use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. But the court said the government has to give deportees "reasonable time" to challenge their removal in court before leaving the country.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Stephen Miller says White House is ‘actively looking at' suspending habeas corpus
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told reporters Friday that the Trump administration is 'actively looking at' suspending habeas corpus — a legal procedure that allows people to challenge a government's decision to detain them. 'The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,' Miller told reporters Friday. 'So it's an option we're actively looking at. Look, a lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not.' Suspending habeas corpus would require, under the Constitution, that the country be 'in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.' While it's unclear whether the idea of suspending habeas corpus is under serious discussion within the West Wing, Miller's comments pick up on ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to use the current state of illegal border-crossings to claim that there is an invasion — which the administration says allows the government to eschew due process protections afforded to migrants. The administration is making a similar argument in defending Trump's invocation of the Aliens Enemies Act, which would allow the government to quickly deport migrants without adherence to such due process procedures. Multiple judges, including a Trump appointee, have rejected the invocation, saying in rulings that the administration hadn't shown the United States is under invasion by a hostile foreign power, as laid out under the 18th century statute. Suspending the writ of habeas corpus would take Trump's efforts even farther — allowing the government to detain migrants without giving them the opportunity to challenge that detention, essentially allowing the administration to detain people without providing justification. 'The writ of habeas corpus has been suspended a number of times, but only in times of actual war or actual invasion, narrowly defined,' Ilya Somin, a professor of law at George Mason University, told CNN in January. While the Constitution does not explicitly require Congress' approval for such a suspension, it's long been understood that the legislature would likely need to play that role, as the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia has noted in a dissent. Somin said some states have also tried to claim, starting in the 1990s, that illegal immigration amounted to an invasion that would allow them to engage in war or to disregard federal laws that restrict immigration enforcement. 'Every time courts have ruled on this, they have ruled against the states,' Somin said. Trump administration officials have made it clear that they believe the judicial branch is hindering their ability to enforce immigration laws. President Donald Trump has personally attacked judges in public statements, and Miller has likened court rulings against the administration to a 'judicial coup.' In a sign of the mounting pressure, Chief Justice John Roberts stressed the importance of judicial independence during public remarks Wednesday. 'The judiciary is a coequal branch of government, separate from the others with the authority to interpret the Constitution as law and strike down, obviously, acts of Congress or acts of the president,' Roberts said at an event in his native Buffalo, New York. The judiciary's role, Roberts added, is to 'decide cases but, in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or the executive.'
CNN
09-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Stephen Miller says White House is ‘actively looking at' suspending habeas corpus
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told reporters Friday that the Trump administration is 'actively looking at' suspending habeas corpus — a legal procedure that allows people to challenge a government's decision to detain them. 'The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,' Miller told reporters Friday. 'So it's an option we're actively looking at. Look, a lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not.' Suspending habeas corpus would require, under the Constitution, that the country be 'in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.' While it's unclear whether the idea of suspending habeas corpus is under serious discussion within the West Wing, Miller's comments pick up on ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to use the current state of illegal border-crossings to claim that there is an invasion — which the administration says allows the government to eschew due process protections afforded to migrants. The administration is making a similar argument in defending Trump's invocation of the Aliens Enemies Act, which would allow the government to quickly deport migrants without adherence to such due process procedures. Multiple judges, including a Trump appointee, have rejected the invocation, saying in rulings that the administration hadn't shown the United States is under invasion by a hostile foreign power, as laid out under the 18th century statute. Suspending the writ of habeas corpus would take Trump's efforts even farther — allowing the government to detain migrants without giving them the opportunity to challenge that detention, essentially allowing the administration to detain people without providing justification. 'The writ of habeas corpus has been suspended a number of times, but only in times of actual war or actual invasion, narrowly defined,' Ilya Somin, a professor of law at George Mason University, told CNN in January. While the Constitution does not explicitly require Congress' approval for such a suspension, it's long been understood that the legislature would likely need to play that role, as the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia has noted in a dissent. Somin said some states have also tried to claim, starting in the 1990s, that illegal immigration amounted to an invasion that would allow them to engage in war or to disregard federal laws that restrict immigration enforcement. 'Every time courts have ruled on this, they have ruled against the states,' Somin said. Trump administration officials have made it clear that they believe the judicial branch is hindering their ability to enforce immigration laws. President Donald Trump has personally attacked judges in public statements, and Miller has likened court rulings against the administration to a 'judicial coup.' In a sign of the mounting pressure, Chief Justice John Roberts stressed the importance of judicial independence during public remarks Wednesday. 'The judiciary is a coequal branch of government, separate from the others with the authority to interpret the Constitution as law and strike down, obviously, acts of Congress or acts of the president,' Roberts said at an event in his native Buffalo, New York. The judiciary's role, Roberts added, is to 'decide cases but, in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or the executive.'
Axios
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Trump's total government deportation push
The Trump administration is tapping multiple agencies for a whole-of-government campaign to achieve its goal of deporting millions. Why it matters: Controversial tactics — ensnaring even legal U.S. residents and citizens — have raised alarm and triggered court battles over executive power. Zoom in: The administration's playbook pulls several levers within the government beyond the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Internal Revenue Service The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reached an agreement with DHS to share the tax information of undocumented immigrants with authorities. "DHS can legally request return information relating to individuals under criminal investigation, and the IRS must provide it," per the agreement. Sharing the information could speed up immigration enforcement but may push undocumented immigrants to avoid paying taxes and turn to the informal economy. Department of Justice The DOJ is engaged in a number of headline-grabbing lawsuits over deportations. After admitting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was erroneously deported, the DOJ is still pursuing the case to keep him in El Salvador. The administration invoked the Aliens Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, defying a federal judge's court order. A federal judge Thursday ruled it unlawful. Mahmoud Khalil, a legal U.S. resident and a leader of Columbia's pro-Palestinian protests, is in ICE custody as the DOJ builds its deportation case against him. Social Security Social Security is also now an immigration enforcement tool. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. with "temporary parole" status — granted through various Biden-era programs — have received Social Security numbers to work. The Department of Homeland Security identified more than 6,300 of them who are on the FBI terrorist watch list, or with FBI criminal records, an official told Axios. Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Secretary Scott Turner said last month that federal housing assistance will no longer be granted to undocumented immigrants or to " sanctuary cities" The department partnered with DHS to help identify undocumented immigrants living in publicly subsidized housing. Department of Transportation Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday that cities and states that give undocumented immigrants driver's licenses and those that are "sanctuary cities" will not receive federal funding. U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the USPS' law enforcement arm, has quietly started to cooperate with federal immigration officials in order to find undocumented immigrants, the Washington Post reported this week.
02-05-2025
- Business
Trump admin live updates: Executive order blocks federal funding to NPR, PBS
Trump signed an order to block funds to two major public broadcasting companies. 3:29 As part of his events marking 100 days in office, President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet officials on Wednesday for a meeting at the White House. Trump also sat down exclusively with ABC News on Tuesday for the first broadcast interview marking this milestone of his second term. These first three months of Trump's term have been defined by his sweeping changes to the federal government, his immigration crackdown, and his implementation of tariffs against virtually all U.S. trade partners. Latest headlines: May 01, 2025, 11:56 PM EDT Executive order blocks federal funding to NPR, PBS May 01, 2025, 10:23 PM EDT Trump touts 1st 100 days in University of Alabama speech, offers advice May 01, 2025, 6:08 PM EDT Pentagon inspector general now reviewing 2nd Hegseth Signal chat: Official May 01, 2025, 2:03 PM EDT Here's how the news is developing. 23 Updates Apr 29, 2025, 9:54 PM EDT 24 state AGs challenge DOGE's attempt to dismantle AmeriCorps A coalition of 24 state attorneys general is trying to save a federal program that sends tens of thousands of volunteers into their communities, suing the Trump administration over the Department of Government Efficiency's recent cuts to AmeriCorps. The lawsuit asks a federal judge to block the Trump administration from dismantling the 30-year-old agency devoted to encouraging volunteer service. According to the states, the agency was recently targeted by Elon Musk's DOGE, cutting $400 million in programs, putting 85% of its staff on leave and beginning a widespread reduction in force. According to the acting head of AmeriCorps, representatives from DOGE arrived at the agency's office earlier this month and began pursuing the "Administration goals to cut staff, contracts, contractors, and agency deliverables." The state attorneys general argue that only Congress has the authority to dismantle the agency. "The Administration's abrupt decision to dismantle AmeriCorps flouts Congress's creation of AmeriCorps and assignment of agency duties; usurps Congress's power of the purse and thereby violates the Constitution's separation of powers; and arbitrarily and capriciously— without any reasoned analysis—vitiates the agency's ability to function consistent with its statutory mission and purpose," the lawsuit said. -ABC News' Peter Charalambous Apr 29, 2025, 9:54 PM EDT What Trump said during rally to mark 100 days President Donald Trump marked the first 100 days of his second term during a Michigan rally reminiscent of the 2024 campaign trail -- from the signage "Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!" to the Y.M.C.A soundtrack. On immigration Trump spent the majority of his remarks touting his immigration policy. He pointed to the invoking of the 1798 wartime Aliens Enemies Act, which, so far, has been used to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants his administration alleged to be gang members, affording them little to no due process. "They come in from the Congo," Trump said. "They come in from Africa, the Congo. They emptied out their prisons into our country. But they come from Africa, Asia, South America. They come from all of the bad parts of Europe. That's why we've invoked the Alien Enemies Act to expel every foreign terrorist from our soil as quickly as possible." On legislative priorities Trump seemed to preview that his focus will shift to trying to pass tax cuts and implementing some of his tax-related campaign promises, including no tax on tips. "We will pass the largest tax cuts in American history, and that will include no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime," Trump said. On Fed Chairman Jerome Powell "You're not supposed to criticize the Fed," Trump said. "You're supposed to let him do his own thing. But I know much more than he does about interest rates, believe me.' About 100 protesters demonstrated outside the venue, expressing their displeasure with Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. Three protesters were escorted out by security after they caused disruptions to his speech. -ABC News' Molly Nagle, Kelsey Walsh and Hannah Demissie Trump tells crowd to vote out Republicans who oppose his agenda Trump touted the 'big, beautiful bill' that House Republicans are working to pass to fund his agenda and said it had '100 percent support' among his party, except for a few 'grandstanders.' 'But remember who those grandstanders were and vote them the hell out of office,' he said. Apr 29, 2025, 6:44 PM EDT Trump reminisces about 2024 campaign to Michigan crowd In a campaign-style rally in front of supporters in Michigan on Tuesday, Trump reminisced about his 2024 campaign. 'Front-row Joes, look at you,' Trump said to a group who followed him on the campaign trail. 'I miss you guys. I miss the campaign.'
