Groups start anew in legal challenge to Trump immigration move
Source: Roll Call
Posted April 8, 2025 at 4:58pm
Civil liberties groups filed a new lawsuit Tuesday to challenge the Trump administration’s use of the 1798 law known as the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang, the day after the Supreme Court clarified how migrants can bring those legal challenges.
The American Civil Liberties Union and others asked a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to halt the removal of two migrants in detention in the area and stop President Donald Trump’s effort to use the old national security law against others in their situation.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to move forward on enforcing a presidential proclamation to remove members of Tren de Aragua, but said the government must give them a chance to challenge their detention in the court with jurisdiction over where they are being held.
That decision all but shut down the ACLU’s lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and shifted the legal action based on the two individuals who are in custody but deny being members of Tren de Aragua. Those migrants are among others who are “are now all at imminent risk of removal” in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling, the lawsuit states.
Read more: https://rollcall.com/2025/04/08/groups-start-anew-in-legal-challenge-to-trump-immigration-move/
This is a NEW suit.
Link to ACLU PRESS RELEASE - Groups Move to Block Removals Under Alien Enemies Act
Link to COMPLAINT (PDF viewer) - https://www.aclu.org/cases/g-f-f-v-trump?document=HABEAS-PETITION
Link to COMPLAINT (PDF) - https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2025/04/Petition-for-Habeas.pdf
Link to TRO MOTION (PDF viewer) - https://www.aclu.org/cases/g-f-f-v-trump?document=TRO-MEMO
Link to TRO MOTION (PDF) - https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2025/04/2-1-Memo-iso-TRO.pdf