Deportation

Federal judge extends Colorado deportation ban tied to 1798 law as legal fight escalates

DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has extended her order temporarily preventing the Trump administration from moving or deporting anyone from Colorado under an 18th century wartime act that has become ensnared in a U.S. Supreme Court battle.

District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney cited the high court’s weekend order barring removal of anyone from North Texas, where the ACLU had contended the administration was preparing to deport Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 without giving them the legal notice required under a prior Supreme Court ruling.

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Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments in high-profile deportation suit involving Venezuelan nationals

The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a lower court can properly address the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Venezuelan nationals via a 1798 wartime law. 

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Rand Paul suggests Denver mayor opposing deportations is ‘a form of insurrection’

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky warned that Denver Mayor Mike Johnston could face legal repercussions over his opposition to President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportations of immigrants unlawfully staying in the U.S.

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‘Largest deportation’ in history to begin in Aurora, Springfield (Ohio), Trump says

Republican candidate Donald Trump on Friday promised to execute the “largest deportation” in American history, which he said will begin in Aurora, Colorado, and Springfield, Ohio — two cities in the middle of a political firestorm following reports of a Venezuelan gang infiltrating apartment complexes in the former and claims of immigrants eating household pets in the latter.   

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