A federal judge on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction to indefinitely limit President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting Venezuelan immigrants in Colorado under the Alien Enemies Act.
In an at-times scathing order, U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney rejected the federal government’s arguments that the courts have no jurisdiction over Trump’s March proclamation, “Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren de Aragua.”
“Federal courts and judicial review are a feature – not a defect – of this Nation’s constitutional structure … and simply because federal courts issue rulings unfavorable to the government is no basis, standing alone, to dispute their Constitutional authority or power,” Sweeney wrote.
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The judge also asserted the government’s arguments were “nonsense” and “threadbare costumes” for the claim that the courts have no role and only the president can decide if the conditions of the Alien Enemies Act are met.
That claim “staggers,” Sweeney wrote. “It is wrong as a matter of law and attempts to read an entire provision out of the Constitution.”
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