The judge did not rule whether A.S.R. was a member of the gang, and said that people like him must be given the chance to challenge their deportations.
Washington:A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled the United States can use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to fast-track the deportation of accused Venezuelan gang members in the state's western district, but must give them at least 21 days' notice and the opportunity to challenge their removals.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines ruled that President Donald Trump has authority to declare Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua a terrorist organization and deport its members under the Alien Enemies Act. She made the ruling in court papers in the case of a Venezuelan man known as A.S.R.
The judge did not rule whether A.S.R. was a member of the gang, and said that people like him must be given the chance to challenge their deportations.
Haines, appointed by Trump during his first term, appears to be the first judge to back his administration's interpretation of the Alien Enemies Act, which the president invoked in March as legal justification for deporting hundreds of men his administration accused of being Tren de Aragua members.
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