The Trump administration touched off a legal battle in March when it invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport two planeloads of alleged migrant gang members to the CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador by arguing that Tren de Aragua is a "hybrid criminal state" that is invading the United States. In the multiple lawsuits the ACLU has helped bring against Trump's use of the AEA, the group has argued that the administration failed to prove that the presence of Tren de Aragua members amounts to a "predatory incursion" or a declared war as the text of the AEA outlines. "The FBI has assessed that it's likely the TdA will try to carry out targeted assassinations of the Maduro regime in the next six to 18 months, as indeed, they have done in Chile -- they kidnapped and murdered a former Venezuelan army colonel who was a critic of the Maduro regime and had asylum in Chile," said Ensign.
Author: Armando Garcia
Published at: 2025-06-30 22:17:20
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