White House asks supreme court to allow deportation flights under Alien Enemies Act

Request comes after appeals court upheld block on flights via wartime act used to deport alleged Venezuelan gang membersUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to intervene to allow the government to continue to deport immigrants using the obscure Alien Enemies Act.The request came one day after a federal appeals court upheld a Washington DC federal judge’s temporary block on immigrant expulsions via the wartime act, which allows the administration to bypass normal due process, for example by allowing people a court hearing before shipping them out of the US. Continue reading...

White House asks supreme court to allow deportation flights under Alien Enemies Act

Request comes after appeals court upheld block on flights via wartime act used to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members

The Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to intervene to allow the government to continue to deport immigrants using the obscure Alien Enemies Act.

The request came one day after a federal appeals court upheld a Washington DC federal judge’s temporary block on immigrant expulsions via the wartime act, which allows the administration to bypass normal due process, for example by allowing people a court hearing before shipping them out of the US. Continue reading...