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BREAKING: PRESIDENT TRUMP INVOKES THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT OF 1798!

This is a major breaking news alert!

We warned you this might be coming yesterday….

A Barack Obama-appointed judge has issued a ruling preemptively trying to stop it…

More on that here:

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BREAKING: Barack Obama-Appointed Judge Preemptively Blocks President Trump From Deporting 5 Gang-Bangers Under 18th Century Law

And now President Trump has officially invoked the Act.

From WhiteHouse.gov, here is the official proclamation -- note, it says it was signed yesterday the 14th but news is just now breaking today on the 15th:

Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua

 

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of members, many of whom have unlawfully infiltrated the United States and are conducting irregular warfare and undertaking hostile actions against the United States. TdA operates in conjunction with Cártel de los Soles, the Nicolas Maduro regime-sponsored, narco-terrorism enterprise based in Venezuela, and commits brutal crimes, including murders, kidnappings, extortions, and human, drug, and weapons trafficking. TdA has engaged in and continues to engage in mass illegal migration to the United States to further its objectives of harming United States citizens, undermining public safety, and supporting the Maduro regime’s goal of destabilizing democratic nations in the Americas, including the United States.

TdA is closely aligned with, and indeed has infiltrated, the Maduro regime, including its military and law enforcement apparatus. TdA grew significantly while Tareck El Aissami served as governor of Aragua between 2012 and 2017. In 2017, El Aissami was appointed as Vice President of Venezuela. Soon thereafter, the United States Department of the Treasury designated El Aissami as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq. El Aissami is currently a United States fugitive facing charges arising from his violations of United States sanctions triggered by his Department of the Treasury designation.

Like El Aissami, Nicolas Maduro, who claims to act as Venezuela’s President and asserts control over the security forces and other authorities in Venezuela, also maintains close ties to regime-sponsored narco-terrorists. Maduro leads the regime-sponsored enterprise Cártel de los Soles, which coordinates with and relies on TdA and other organizations to carry out its objective of using illegal narcotics as a weapon to “flood” the United States. In 2020, Maduro and other regime members were charged with narcoterrorism and other crimes in connection with this plot against America.

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Over the years, Venezuelan national and local authorities have ceded ever-greater control over their territories to transnational criminal organizations, including TdA. The result is a hybrid criminal state that is perpetrating an invasion of and predatory incursion into the United States, and which poses a substantial danger to the United States. Indeed, in December 2024, INTERPOL Washington confirmed: “Tren de Aragua has emerged as a significant threat to the United States as it infiltrates migration flows from Venezuela.” Evidence irrefutably demonstrates that TdA has invaded the United States and continues to invade, attempt to invade, and threaten to invade the country; perpetrated irregular warfare within the country; and used drug trafficking as a weapon against our citizens.

Based upon a review of TdA’s activities, and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, on February 20, 2025, acting pursuant to the authority in 8 U.S.C. 1189, the Secretary of State designated TdA as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

As President of the United States and Commander in Chief, it is my solemn duty to protect the American people from the devastating effects of this invasion. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Alien Enemies Act, 50 U.S.C. 21 et seq., hereby proclaim and direct as follows:

Section 1. I find and declare that TdA is perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States. TdA is undertaking hostile actions and conducting irregular warfare against the territory of the United States both directly and at the direction, clandestine or otherwise, of the Maduro regime in Venezuela. I make these findings using the full extent of my authority to conduct the Nation’s foreign affairs under the Constitution. Based on these findings, and by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 50 U.S.C. 21, I proclaim that all Venezuelan citizens 14 years of age or older who are members of TdA, are within the United States, and are not actually naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the United States are liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Enemies. I further find and declare that all such members of TdA are, by virtue of their membership in that organization, chargeable with actual hostility against the United States and are therefore ineligible for the benefits of 50 U.S.C. 22. I further find and declare that all such members of TdA are a danger to the public peace or safety of the United States.

Sec. 2. I direct the Attorney General, within 60 days of the date of this proclamation, to prepare and publish a letter under her signature declaring the policy described in section 1 of this proclamation as the policy of the United States and attaching this proclamation. I direct the Attorney General to transmit this letter to the Chief Justice of the United States, the chief judge of every circuit court of appeals, the chief judge of every district and territorial court of the United States, each Governor of a State and territory of the United States, and the highest-ranking judicial officer of each State and territory of the United States.

Sec. 3. I direct that all Alien Enemies described in section 1 of this proclamation are subject to immediate apprehension, detention, and removal, and further that they shall not be permitted residence in the United States.

Sec. 4. Pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with applicable law, apprehend, restrain, secure, and remove every Alien Enemy described in section 1 of this proclamation. The Secretary of Homeland Security retains discretion to apprehend and remove any Alien Enemy under any separate authority.

Sec. 5. All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall collaborate with law enforcement officials of the United States and with appropriate State, local, and tribal officials, to use all lawful means to apprehend, restrain, secure, and remove Alien Enemies described in section 1 of this proclamation.

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Sec. 6. Pursuant to my authority under 50 U.S.C. 21 to direct the conduct to be observed on the part of the United States toward the Alien Enemies subject to this proclamation, to direct the manner and degree of the restraint to which such Alien Enemies shall be subject and in what cases, to provide for the removal of such Alien Enemies, and to establish any other regulations which are found necessary “in the premises and for the public safety,” I hereby direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to execute all the regulations hereinafter contained regarding the Alien Enemies described in section 1 of this proclamation. The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security are further directed to cause the apprehension, detention, and removal of all members of TdA who otherwise qualify as Alien Enemies under section 1 of this proclamation. The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security are authorized to take all necessary actions under the Alien Enemies Act to effectuate this proclamation, consistent with applicable law. In doing so, and for such purpose, they are authorized to utilize agents, agencies, and officers of the United States Government and of the several States, territories, dependencies, and municipalities thereof and of the District of Columbia. All such agents, agencies, and officers are hereby granted full authority for all acts done by them in the execution of such regulations when acting by direction of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as the case may be.

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Alien Enemies Act, 50 U.S.C. 21 et seq., I hereby declare and establish the following regulations which I find necessary “in the premises and for the public safety”:

(a) No Alien Enemy described in section 1 of this proclamation shall enter, attempt to enter, or be found within any territory subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Any such Alien Enemy who enters, attempts to enter, or is found within such territory shall be immediately apprehended and detained until removed from the United States. All such Alien Enemies, wherever found within any territory subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are subject to summary apprehension.

(b) Alien Enemies apprehended pursuant to this proclamation shall be subject to detention until removed from the United States in such place of detention as may be directed by the officers responsible for the execution of these regulations.

(c) Alien Enemies shall be subject to removal to any such location as may be directed by the officers responsible for the execution of these regulations consistent with applicable law.

(d) All property in the possession of, or traceable to, an Alien Enemy, which is used, intended to be used, or is commonly used to perpetrate the hostile activity and irregular warfare of TdA, along with evidence of such hostile activity and irregular warfare, shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture.

The Attorney General is further granted authority, pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act and 3 U.S.C. 301, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to issue any guidance necessary to effectuate the prompt apprehension, detention, and removal of all Alien Enemies described in section 1 of this proclamation. Any such guidance shall be effective immediately upon issuance by the Attorney General.

This proclamation and the directives and regulations prescribed herein shall extend and apply to all land and water, continental or insular, in any way within the jurisdiction of the United States.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.

 

Here we go!

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BREAKING: Barack Obama-Appointed Judge Preemptively Blocks President Trump From Deporting 5 Gang-Bangers Under 18th Century Law

Yesterday, we told you President Trump was considering invoking two 18th-century era laws to give him increased power to continue deportations at a more rapid pace.

Here was my report from yesterday:

REPORTS: President Trump Is Planning To Invoke The Insurrection Act!

And here is a quick summary of the two 18th century laws in play:

Alien Enemies Act of 1798
  • Enacted: Part of the Alien and Sedition Acts, signed into law on July 6, 1798, by President John Adams.
  • Purpose: Allows the President to apprehend, restrain, and deport "alien enemies" (non-citizens from a country the U.S. is at war with) during a declared war.
  • Key Features: It applies only in wartime, targeting foreign nationals deemed a threat to national security. It does not involve military deployment domestically against U.S. citizens.
  • Current Status: Still technically in effect (codified in 50 U.S.C. § 21-24), though rarely used. It was notably invoked during World War I and World War II (e.g., internment of Japanese, German, and Italian nationals).
Insurrection Act
  • Enacted: Originally passed in 1807, with significant amendments over time (e.g., 1871 during Reconstruction).
  • Purpose: Authorizes the President to deploy federal military forces or federalize state militias within the U.S. to suppress insurrections, rebellions, or domestic violence when local authorities cannot maintain order.
  • Key Features: Focuses on domestic unrest, not foreign nationals. It can be used in peacetime or wartime and involves military action against U.S. citizens or residents if necessary.
  • Current Status: Codified in 10 U.S.C. §§ 251-255, it remains in effect and has been invoked in cases like the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Key Differences
  1. Scope: The Alien Enemies Act targets foreign nationals during wartime; the Insurrection Act addresses domestic unrest, regardless of citizenship.
  2. Military Use: The Insurrection Act explicitly involves military intervention, while the Alien Enemies Act focuses on detention and deportation without necessarily requiring military force.
  3. Trigger: The Alien Enemies Act requires a declared war; the Insurrection Act can be triggered by civil disorder or rebellion, even absent a formal war.

Now today, news is circulating that Obama-appointed Judge James E. Boasberg has blocked President Trump's attempt to invoke the 1798 law:

On March 15, 2025, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Trump from using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelan men.

This ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Democracy Forward, who argued that the men faced imminent deportation without a hearing, which they claimed would violate legal norms since the U.S. is not currently at war—a condition historically tied to the Act’s use.

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The order prevents the deportation of these specific individuals for 14 days, and a hearing was scheduled for later that day to consider broader implications. The Trump administration has filed a notice of appeal, indicating ongoing legal contention.

While this ruling does not universally halt all deportations under the Act, it specifically applies to the plaintiffs named in the lawsuit, making the statement broadly accurate in context but limited to this initial judicial action.

Politico had more details:

A federal judge has preemptively barred the Trump administration from deporting five Venezuelan nationals, as the administration prepares to deploy a rarely used law meant to quickly remove foreigners during wartime or invasion.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued the urgent ruling Saturday morning, citing “exigent circumstances,” just hours after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of five Venezuelan men who say they have been cued up for deportation within hours or days as a result of Trump’s expected decision to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

Boasberg, the chief judge for the federal district court in Washington, D.C., also called for a hearing Saturday afternoon on the lawsuit’s effort to ensure anyone else targeted by Trump’s expected invocation is protected from immediate deportation.

The lawsuit, filed by Democracy Forward and the ACLU, emphasizes that the Alien Enemies Act has only been invoked during wartime — the War of 1812, World War I and World War II.

The order by Boasberg was issued with unusual urgency, before the Trump administration had a chance to respond. The Trump administration almost immediately appealed the ruling.

Attorneys for the five Venezuelans say they expect Trump to justify the decision by declaring Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization overseas, to be akin to a foreign government subject to the 18th century law.

That invocation, they say, could subject “countless Venezuelans” to “imminent risk of deportation without any hearing or meaningful review.” The five men who filed the initial lawsuit say they were informed by immigration authorities to expect deportation as soon as Saturday night.

Boasberg’s Saturday order prevents any of the five plaintiffs from being deported for 14 days.

Trump repeatedly suggested during his campaign he may turn to the Alien Enemies Act to aid his mass deportation plans, a promise he reiterated on Inauguration Day.

The president said on Jan. 20 that he would use the wartime law to “direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil, including our cities and inner cities.”

He also moved last month to designate eight Latin American cartels, including Tren de Aragua, as foreign terrorist organizations.

“We’ll be reading a lot of stories tomorrow about what we’ve done with them,” Trump said at the Justice Department on Friday, speaking about Tren De Aragua. “You’ll be very impressed, and you feel a lot safer, because they are a vicious group.”

A DHS official told POLITICO late Friday that the administration has been working on invoking the Alien Enemies Act but said it isn’t finalized and is “waiting to be deployed.”


 

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