Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. blocks Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, calling it beyond legal authority.

Federal judges are looking back to the 18th century to define what constitutes an invasion, weighing a key legal argument for ...

U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is the first judge to rule that the Alien Enemies Act cannot be used against people who the Republican administration claims are gang members ...

Fernando Rodriguez Jr. rules against the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act.

U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. ruled that the 18th-century wartime law cannot be used against individuals the administration claims are gang members invading the United States.

Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is a Trump nominee with conservative credentials. But he found White House claims about a Venezuelan gang “invasion” went too far. By Mattathias Schwartz ...

A Trump-appointed federal judge ruled Thursday that the president exceeded his authority by invoking the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan migrants, dealing a blow to the ...

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