Judge Fernando Rodriguez / Wikimedia Commons A federal judge on Thursday issued a permanent injunction and barred the Trump Administration from using the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to remove Venezuelan gang members and transport them to El Salvador. US District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, a Trump appointee, called the President’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act “unlawful.” According to Judge Rodriguez, the AEA only applies when the US is at war and under an armed attack. “The Proclamation exceeds the scope of the statute and, as a result, is unlawful,” Judge Rodriguez said, according to Politico. “[Administration officials] do not possess the lawful authority under the AEA, and based on the Proclamation, to detain Venezuelan aliens, transfer them within the United States, or remove them from…
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