Trump-Appointed Judge Calls Administration's Use of Alien Enemies Act To Deport Migrants 'Unlawful'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Judge Fernando Rodriguez of the southern district of Texas says the president's reliance on the law 'is contrary to the plain, ordinary meaning of the statute's terms.' A federal judge in Texas who was nominated to the bench by President Trump in 2018 is now blocking the deportation of several Venezuelan nationals because the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act for the purpose of deportations is "unlawful," he says.

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