November 13, 2025
Attorneys for men deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison under the Alien Enemies Act have urged a D.C. federal judge to take up their due process claims, saying the court can decide the issue in equity rather than through habeas.
October 16, 2025
Attorneys for Venezuelans flown on U.S. government flights to El Salvador and then transferred from the CECOT prison there to Venezuela have renewed their motion for a preliminary injunction that would order the government to provide them with an avenue to challenge their Alien Enemies Act designations.
August 08, 2025
A split D.C. Circuit put an end Friday to potential criminal contempt proceedings against the Trump administration over the possibility that it violated a court order barring the removal of a group of migrants under the Alien Enemies Act.
July 25, 2025
Federal courts repeatedly rebuffed key pillars of President Donald Trump's immigration policy during the first half of the year, with district courts halting efforts to curtail birthright citizenship, restrict asylum at the southern border and deport noncitizens without notice. Law360 looks at some of the most significant immigration litigation developments nearly six months into Trump's second term.
June 05, 2025
A D.C. federal judge said the Trump administration must help Venezuelan nationals deported from the U.S. to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center seek habeas relief to challenge their removal, finding they're likely to succeed on the merits of their due-process claim.
May 08, 2025
The Trump administration has called on a D.C. federal judge to reject the American Civil Liberties Union's attempt to certify two subclasses of noncitizens subject to the president's proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act, citing "jurisdictional defects."
May 07, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday said the Trump administration would have to turn over more information about its arrangement with El Salvador to imprison alleged Venezuelan gang members deported under the Alien Enemies Act, as he considers whether they should be returned to the United States.
May 02, 2025
The Trump administration said a Washington, D.C., federal judge can't order the government to facilitate the return of Venezuelan nationals deported from the U.S. to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center "in a district in which none of the affected individuals are located."
April 19, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to halt removals of alleged Venezuelan gang members detained in Texas under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, pending further input from the court.
April 18, 2025
A group of Venezuelans detained in northern Texas launched a multipronged effort Friday to prevent the Trump administration from removing them to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act before they can have their day in court, asking the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit and two district courts for emergency relief.