Trump-appointed judge blocks 'unlawful' Alien Enemies Act deportations and sets up major legal battle
Source: Independent
The Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan immigrants accused of being gang members “exceeds” the scope of the law and runs “contrary to the plain, ordinary meaning” of the wartime statute.
Texas District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, who was appointed by Trump himself, ruled on Thursday that the administration cannot rely on the 18th century law to detain and deport alleged Tren de Aragua members, which is “unlawful.”
The government does “not possess the lawful authority” under the Alien Enemies Act, based on Donald Trump’s proclamation invoking the law for the fourth time in U.S. history, “to detain Venezuelan aliens, transfer them within the United States, or remove them from the country,” according to the judge’s 36-page ruling.
“The historical record renders clear that the president’s invocation of the AEA through the Proclamation exceeds the scope of the statute and is contrary to the plain, ordinary meaning of the statute’s terms,” he wrote.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-federal-judge-deportations-alien-enemies-act-unlawful-b2743220.html
The judge's ruling is here:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771.58.0_1.pdf
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but told the administration to provide some due process. 
Yes because that was the law they purportedly used to deport him. 
And yes I understand that it wasn't "explicitly the central issue" of what was brought to them but they STILL waved away the INSTRUMENT of the deportation and proceeded to allow more delay.
And despite the rest of what you wrote, the administration have summarily ignored it and continue to round people up and send them away.
in 3...2...1... (despite being an American citizen born in TX). 
