"This is a wartime law from 1798 invoked three times in the nation's history, during the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II. Pelley then explains to the audience, The Alien Enemies Act allows rapid expulsion from the U.S. of the citizens of enemy nations during a war. But without a declared war, Trump used it against more than 100 Venezuelans that the government said were terrorists. They were to be denied their right to be heard by a judge."
"those planes need to take off, no matter what. And then after a pause, he also told all in attendance, and if some court should issue an order preventing that, we may have to consider telling that court, f*** you.' Pelley followed up, And when you heard that, you thought what? Reuveni replied, I felt like a bomb had gone off. Here is the number three official using expletives to tell career attorneys that we may just have to consider disregarding federal court orders."
Erez Reuveni, a veteran Justice Department official and the fired acting deputy director of the DOJ's immigration section, was dismissed after refusing to sign a brief he believed to be factually incorrect. Top Trump appointees suggested defying federal court orders to carry out deportations to El Salvador and elsewhere. Officials planned to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act and to expel over 100 Venezuelans without judicial hearings. Emil Bove reportedly told DOJ leaders that deportation flights 'need to take off, no matter what' and indicated courts might be disregarded, alarming career attorneys about potential unlawful actions.
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