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ACLU attorney on suing Trump administration for using wartime authority for deportations

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, without due process, could end up at the Supreme Court. An appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the administration from using the rare wartime authority for deportations, a decision the White House will appeal. Laura Barrón-López discussed the case with Lee Gelernt of the ACLU's Immigrants Rights Project. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

The showdown between President Trump and the judiciary continues this week.

0:05.0

That's after a U.S. appeals court upheld a federal judge's ruling blocking the administration from using a rare wartime authority for deportations.

0:14.0

Our White House correspondent, Lar Barone Lopez, has more.

0:17.0

President Trump's use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants without due process could now end up in front of the Supreme Court.

0:27.2

The White House said it plans to appeal a circuit court decision that kept the temporary block on deportations in place.

0:33.2

This week, Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem visited the maximum security prison in El Salvador,

0:39.1

where migrants, the Trump administration, alleges our gang members, are now being held.

0:43.5

There she recorded a message in front of prisoners.

0:46.0

I also want everybody to know, if you come to our country illegally, this is one of the

0:50.4

consequences you could face.

0:52.4

First of all, do not come to our country illegally.

0:55.3

You will be removed and you will be prosecuted. But know that this facility is one of the tools in

1:00.5

our toolkit that we will use if you commit crimes against the American people. For more on this case,

1:05.5

I'm joined by Lee Glearn of the American Civil Liberties Union and lead counsel in the case suing

1:10.3

the federal government.

1:11.8

Lee, thank you so much for joining.

1:13.5

The Trump administration, as we said, is still blocked from deporting Venezuelan migrants

1:18.2

using the Alien Enemies Act, who they allege are gang members or are tied to Trendi Aragua.

1:23.8

But that's a temporary block.

1:25.3

So what comes next?

1:26.5

So the White House has said that they will seek

1:29.0

to overturn that temporary block in the Supreme Court. So we expect to see something from the

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