BREAKING: Biden Judge Bars Trump Admin From Deporting Venezuelan Illegals Under Alien Enemies Act
by Cristina Laila Apr. 22, 2025 2:40 pm
On Tuesday, a federal judge in Denver, Colorado, blocked another round of potential deportations under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
US District Judge Charlotte Sweeney, a Biden appointee, granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking the removal of aliens from the district of Colorado.
The anti-American ACLU and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network said during a hearing on Monday that two Venezuelan illegals were facing deportation to El Salvador’s CECOT prison under the Alien Enemies Act.
Judge Sweeney granted a TRO and said aliens facing deportation under the AEA must be given 21 days’ notice before removal.
“The parties dispute what notice is required or would be sufficient. On one hand, Respondents contend twenty-four hours is enough. On the other, Petitioners urge the Court to impose a thirty (30) day notice requirement on Respondents and the government. After considering both parties’ arguments, Respondents are instructed—absent further guidance from the Supreme Court—to provide a twenty-one (21) day notice to Petitioners and the provisionally certified class they seek to represent, namely “All noncitizens in custody in the District of Colorado who were, are, or will be subject to the March 2025 Presidential Proclamation entitled Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua and/or its implementation,”” the judge wrote.
The judge also said the Alien Enemies Act doesn’t apply to this case because the United States is not at war with Venezuela.
The judge’s TRO expires on May 6.
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