The transparent illegality of Trump’s AEA deportations and foreign imprisonments
By Roger Gregory’s concurrence in J.O.P. v. D.H.S. is very much worth reading for its explanation for why the Alien Enemies Act does not authorize any of Trump’s removal actions:
This is literally the Trump administration’s argument — invoking the AEA allows the government to ignore all previous binding agreements, making illegal removals legal by fiat. Which makes the fact that there’s no actual “invasion” within the meaning of the statute particularly important.
And then there’s the additional fact that many of the Venezuelan nationals being sent to torture prisons without due process were in the country legally and had no criminal records.
Does this seem like a man who is telling the truth?