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ImmigrationProf Blog
Court finds President Trump’s Summary Removals under the Alien Enemies Act Unlawful
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsNews flash (and here)! A federal court held that President Donald Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to summarily deport (i.e., remove without…
ImmigrationProf Blog
“The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights”
Nick Miroff for The Atlantic offers a fascinating story relating to the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to retired J.P. Morgan executive Tom Cartwright: "[A]s immigrant-rights groups, congressional…
ImmigrationProf Blog
AG Memo re: Enforcement of Alien Enemies Act
Check out this March 14, 2025 memo March 14, 2025 memo from the U.S. Attorney General titled GUIDANCE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT.For those keeping track of timing, this…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Trump's Executions, Biden's Commutations, and Federalism"
The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by Jonah Horwitz which is now available on SSRN (and is forthcoming in the Federal Sentencing Reporter).…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Primer on the Aliens Enemies Act
President Trump has people talking about the Alien Enemies Act. NPR's Throughline looks at the Act in detail:"In March 2025, President Trump issued an executive order invoking a centuries-old law:…
Simple Justice
Supreme Court Hits The Brakes
It was after 1 am on a Saturday morning, well after scotch o’clock at the Supreme Court of the United States, when the order issued. There is before the Court…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Breaking News: Supreme Court blocks Trump from conducting more deportations under Alien Enemies Act
Not often that that the U.S. Supreme Court issues an order early Saturday morning. Such an order alone is news. But there is more. The Court's order blocks Trump administration…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means
Cassandra Burke RobertsonThe saga continues. The Conversation explains the latest in the attempt of the Trump administration to seen Venezuelans to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. Federal judge…
Simple Justice
Trump’s Small Win, Huge Loss, On Alien Enemies Act
It’s unsurprising that noted legal scholar and press secretary Karoline Leavitt, took to Fox News to echo Dear Leader’s proclamation of a great victory. After all, the per curiam decision…
ImmigrationProf Blog
60 Minutes: “U.S. sent 238 migrants to Salvadoran mega-prison; documents indicate most have no apparent criminal records”
Immigration Hub had this to say about the "60 Minutes"segment about the Trump administration's removals of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act: "Washington, D.C. – On Sunday night, 60 Minutes…