Source: Washington Post
“Two federal courts on Tuesday temporarily restrained the Trump administration from deporting individuals in their districts under the Alien Enemies Act, with one judge comparing the government’s deportation tactics to barbaric events in European history and the other requiring a specific time frame for the government to provide deportation notices. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who is presiding over a lawsuit in New York, extended by two weeks an order that required immigration officials to give individuals targeted for removal both notice and an opportunity for a hearing. He will also decide whether to impose more long-term restrictions on the administration’s use of the wartime law. … In Colorado, U.S. District Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request to temporarily block removals from her district and required that the government provide a 21-day notice to individuals deemed removable under the act.” (04/22/25)