A Timeline Of The Legal Wrangling And Deportation Flights After Trump Invoked The Alien Enemies Act
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An extraordinary legal showdown took place over Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime act to deport hundreds of immigrants to a prison in El Salvador.
An extraordinary legal showdown took place last weekend over President Donald Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime act to deport hundreds of immigrants, most of them Venezuelans, to a prison in El Salvador.
It involved a series of legal filings, White House announcements, court hearings, deportation flights and a mocking social media post from a Central American leader who proudly calls himself the “world’s coolest dictator.”
Here is a timeline of events surrounding the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. All times are eastern.
Saturday, March 15
2:16 a.m.: Two legal advocacy groups — the ACLU and Democracy Forward — file suit on behalf of five Venezuelans held in immigration detention who fear they’ll be falsely labeled members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and deported under the Alien Enemies Act, which lawyers expect to be invoked soon.
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The judge said the administration couldn't send Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, but the administration claims his oral orders weren't "enforceable."
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While the event is usually attended by sitting presidents and first ladies, Trump and his wife, Melania, declined to attend during his first four years in office.
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"I'm going to take a look at that," the president said before the White House announced its action.
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The president then railed against the "discredited" media organization.
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An extraordinary legal showdown took place over Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime act to deport hundreds of immigrants to a prison in El Salvador.
"The Five" host Jessica Tarlov clashed with the former judge after the Trump administration deported hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador.