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SCOTUS Blocks Use of Alien Enemies Act to Expel Venezuelan Immigrants

HeadlineMay 19, 2025

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Trump from using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to expel a group of Venezuelans detained in Texas. The justices said the detained individuals are entitled to “constitutionally adequate notice prior to any removal.”

In related news, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired two top officials who authored a report that determined the Venezuelan government is not directly backing the Tren de Aragua gang. The report contradicted a key part of Trump’s rationale to invoke the Alien Enemies Act.

Meanwhile, on Friday, dozens of demonstrators rallied outside a Maryland federal courthouse demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father who was mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador. Ama Frimipong is legal director at CASA.

Ama Frimipong: “What is happening to Kilmar is all part of Trump and the administration’s bigger strategy to erase Black and Brown people from this country and inch us closer and closer to white supremacy.”

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