US District Court for the District of Columbia’s Chief Justice James E. Boasberg said thatThe US administration has already El Salvador and Honduras were sending Will be imprisoned in El Salvador and Honduras .
“I can’t wait any longer, I have to act immediately,” Boasberg said. The decision came during a hearing on a lawsuit filed by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and Democracy Forward . This week, El Salvador agreed to accept 300 migrants who the Trump administration had declared gang members .
Why was the ‘Alien Enemies Act’ of 1798 introduced?
Donald Trump cited the ‘Alien Enemies Act’ of 1798 in his order. He claimed that Venezuela’s notorious gang ‘Tren de Aragua’ is attacking America. This law gives special powers to the President , so that he can speed up the process of deportation of foreign citizens.
This law has been used three times so far, and that too only during wartime . Earlier it was used during World War II , when the US imprisoned citizens of German and Italian origin . Under this law , Japanese-American citizens living in the US were also sent to internment camps on a large scale .
Trump administration’s argument and controversy
The Trump administration claimed that Venezuelan criminal gangs were infiltrating the US and that they were a threat to American security . The administration tried to use the 1798 law on this basis . But the court rejected this argument and said that the administration cannot deport immigrants without solid evidence.
Moreover, this law cannot be used under normal circumstances . It was only made to imprison or deport foreign enemies in wartime . The court also said that the administration was violating human rights and forcibly expelling migrants from the country without due process was illegal.
What will happen next?
At present, the process of deportation of immigrants will not be easy for the Trump administration after the court’s decision . However, this matter is still in court and the Trump administration can make a new strategy .
The controversy over illegal immigrants in the US is not new. The Trump administration has tried to implement several strict immigration policies in the past , but the courts have repeatedly blocked its orders.
Now it remains to be seen whether the Trump administration appeals against this decision or tries to take action against immigrants by adopting a new strategy . But for now, the court’s ban on the use of the 1798 law will remain in place .
