Supreme Court Forces Trump Admin to Stop Deporting Gang Members: Explainer
Facts Matter
The Epoch Times
5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
On a previous episode, we discussed how the Supreme Court ruled in Trump’s favor in an immigration case—a case involving the deportation of illegal immigrants present here in the United States. However, that earlier case was won by Trump on a technicality: the lawyers for the illegal immigrant decided to file their case in Washington (rather than in Texas, where the man was being held) and, therefore, the case was dismissed due to being brought forth in the wrong venue.
But, very notably, the underlying legal issues weren’t actually examined. The question of whether the Alien Enemies Act could really be used against illegal immigrants such as Venezuelan gang members wasn’t ruled on.
Therefore, more lawsuits were filed. And one of those new lawsuits bore fruit, as the U.S. Supreme Court decided to stop the Trump administration from being able to deport members of Tren de Aragua, for now.
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| 0:00.0 | On a previous episode, we discussed how the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Trump's favor in an immigration case, a case that involved the deportation of illegal aliens present here in the U.S. |
| 0:13.0 | However, that earlier case that we discussed, it was won by Trump on a technicality. |
| 0:18.0 | Basically, the lawyers of the illegal immigrant, they decided to file their case |
| 0:21.8 | in Washington, D.C., rather than in Texas, where the man was being held, and therefore, the case |
| 0:26.9 | was dismissed because it was brought forth in the incorrect venue. But very notably, in that |
| 0:32.2 | earlier case, the underlying legal issues at play were not actually examined. The question of whether the Alien Enemies Act could really be used against Venezuelan gang |
| 0:41.8 | members, it was not really ruled on. |
| 0:44.1 | However, that all changed late Saturday night. |
| 0:47.1 | That was when, at 12.55 a.m. |
| 0:49.8 | Basically, one in the morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned order, you can see it up on your screen, blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members, at least for the time being. |
| 1:00.4 | Let's go through the details of the order together. |
| 1:02.9 | How it came to be, what it means in the short term in regards to Trump's deportation plan, as well as what it might mean in the long term. |
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