A lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) warned that “anyone can be recovered” if President Donald Trump uses the Extraterrestrial Enemies Act without judicial supervision.
Lee Genernt spoke on Sunday of “60 minutes” of CBS on information reporting illegal Venezuelan migrants expelled to an El Salvador prison, despite gang ties or the criminal record. This followed the Trump administration invoking the Act respecting extraterrestrial enemies of 1798 to immediately expel violent illegal immigrants suspected of being gang members like Tren of Aragua.
Genernt, which is part of the ACLU judicial challenge against the Trump administration, insisted that the president is not allowed to send someone who was expelled in a prison in another country.
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A prison guard transfers deportees from the United States to the center of confinement of terrorism in Tecoleca, El Salvador. (El Salvador Presidential Press Office via AP)
“Each administration in 1798 understood that it was the war authority to use when the United States was at war with a foreign government,” said Genernt. “The administration says:” Not only will we use it against a criminal organization, but you, the courts, have no role. You cannot tell us that we violate the law or we stop. “”
The correspondent “60 minutes”, Cecilia Vega, reported on other legal problems resulting from fears that illegal immigrants without gang links are sent to this prison without regular procedure.
Genernt warned “anything is possible” if the Trump administration continues to invoke extraterrestrial enemies in this way.
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ACLU’s lawyer, Lee Genernt, spoke of the Trump administration expelling illegal immigrants in a prison in El Salvador on “60 minutes”. (Screenshot / CBS)
“There are many people who might hear what you say and say, these people have no papers. They should be expelled. What do you say?” Asked Vega.
“If they are here illegally and are not allowed to stay, they can be expelled in their country of origin. If they have committed crimes, they can be prosecuted and perhaps spending many years in an American prison,” said Genernt. “Isn’t that a question of” can these individuals be punished? “This is how the government will do it.
Fox News Digital contacted the White House for a comment but did not immediately receive an answer.
The Trump administration acknowledged last week that it wrongly expelled Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador prison, despite a federal judge five years ago that he could not be expelled for concerns that he would become a victim of local gangs.
His asylum application was refused, but he was protected against expulsion and ice did not appeal the decision.
The Trump administration has mistakenly recognized the expulsion of a Salvador living in Maryland to a foreign prison. (El Salvador Presidential Press Office via AP)
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The Trump administration said Garcia’s withdrawal was an “administrative error” but defended the decision, alleging that Garcia has links with MS-13.
Brie Stimson by Fox News and Bill Mears contributed to this report.
