A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a Washington-area #Venezuelan couple who contend they’ve been unfairly swept up in #Trump’s crackdown on Venezuela-based gang #TdA.
Luddis Sanchez Garcia, 33, & Julio Sanchez Puentes, 27, walked out of the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, Friday morning surrounded by supporters after US District Judge Leonie Brinkema declared there was no legal basis for their #detention.
#law #AlienEnemiesAct #immigration
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/venezuelan-couple-release-00258414
NEW: A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted a temporary restraining order #TRO barring the #Trump admin from deporting any person to a country they are not a national of without written notice & an opportunity to apply for protection from that country!
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69775896/dvd-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/
More than 10,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated at Manzanar Relocation Center, Calif., during World War II. Playing and watching baseball was one of the ways these Americans tried to retain some sense of normalcy. Dan Kwong is a longtime volunteer at Manzanar, which became a national historic site in 1992 — his late mother, Momo Nagano, was incarcerated there as a teenager. Here's the story of how he built a baseball field at the site in honor of Momo, who wrote extensively about her time at the camp in order that future generations would never forget this piece of history.
Link: https://flip.it/obdTz7
#History #USHistory #InternmentCamps #AlienEnemiesAct @histodons #Baseball #Manzanar #JapaneseAmericans
WTAF??
The #Trump admin says in its #SCOTUS filing requesting a stay of #Boasberg’s #AlienEnemiesAct #TRO that it can't confirm or deny whether #ElSalvador is complying with #UNCAT [#UnitedNations Convention Against #Torture] because doing so might damage its relationship with El Salvador.
AYFKM???
Ya see now, in order for this BS to be true, the individuals would have needed to go through #DueProcess for the ofcls to make the determination:
“That order is forcing the United States to harbor individuals whom national-security officials have identified as members of a foreign terrorist organization bent upon grievously harming Americans.“
The #DOJ in a filing asked #SCOTUS to lift DC-based US District Judge James #Boasberg's March 15 order calling for a temporary halt of the summary removals of the #Venezuelans while a legal challenge to #Trump’s invocation of the #AlienEnemiesAct to justify the #deportations plays out. The 18th century #law historically has been used only in wartime [& expressly states the #US must be at #war w/a foreign #nation for its use].
#immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25872803-24a931/
Here we go
#Trump asked #SCOTUS on Friday to lift a temporary order blocking him from using a 1798 law to swiftly deport *alleged* #Venezuelan gang members as part of his 2-month-old admin's hardline approach to #immigration.
#law #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState #ConstitutionalCrisis #AlienEnemiesAct #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower
https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-asks-us-supreme-court-intervene-deportations-fight-2025-03-28/
The Alien Enemies Act was deployed to imprison both citizens and noncitizens during World War II. Survivors have a few things to say about Trump’s abuse of it now. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/26/japan/japanese-incarceration-alien-enemies-act/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #wwii #japaneseamericans #internment #us #venezuela #immigration #alienenemiesact
“You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos”
Mother Jones has spoken w/friends, family members, & lawyers of 10 men sent to #ElSalvador by the #Trump admin based on allegations that they are members of the #Venezuelan organized crime group #TrenDeAragua. All of them say their relatives have #tattoos & believe that is why their loved ones were targeted.
#law #Constitution #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #CivilRights #HumanRights #DualState #AbuseOfPower
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-el-salvador-venezulea-deportation-prison-cecot-bukele/
"Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo on the Legal AF podcast to debate the prospects of a new federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of—what else—a violation of the Federal Records Act, this time for conducting a “Signal group chat” about war plans. The case has been assigned to none other than Trump’s least favorite judge, Chief Judge Boasberg (!)."
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/legal-af-on-signal-scandals-voting
#Trump #FRA #SignalGate #AlienEnemiesAct #VotingRights #Boasberg
Floridian children take Floridian adults' jobs! Deport them now! This can't happen in the glorious country that American undoubtedly is! /s
#AaronReichlinMelnick 's socialmedia feed:
'NEW! Even as evidence emerges of potentially grave errors in their vetting process, the Trump administration appears ready to argue that they can [ the emphasis is mine] USE THE #AlienEnemiesAct TO ENTER THE HOME OF ANY PERSON THEY ALLEGE IS A MEMBER OF Tren de Aragua, WITHOUT A WARRANT'
(SOURCE #TheHumanistReport , 'Trump's DOJ Argues He Has Unlimited, Near-Dictatorial Power', 9.min mark)
5 ALARM FIRE IN THE U.S. #FIGHTBACK