Donald Trump does not know who signed Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants
Donald Trump has denied signing the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants.
“I don’t know when it was signed, because I didn’t sign it,” Trump told reporters.
Trump, however, defended his administration saying, “We want to get criminals out of our country, number one, and I don’t know when it was signed, because I didn’t sign it...Other people handled it, but (Secretary of State) Marco Rubio has done a great job and he wanted them out and we go along with that. We want to get criminals out of our country.”
His comments came after Judge James Boasberg claimed that the proclamation was “signed in the dark” of night and that migrants were hurried onto planes, CNN reported.
The judge had issued a two-week temporary block on Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport 238 alleged members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. The judge said in court that any flights already en route should return to the US. His written order following the hearing appeared in the court's online docket, the justice department said in a court filing.
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Meanwhile, Venezuela has agreed to resume repatriation flights carrying deported nationals from the United States after an agreement between the two nations. The decision comes after a temporary halt imposed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.
Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela’s national assembly and Maduro’s chief negotiator with the US, announced the decision on social media.
“We have agreed with the US government to resume the repatriation of Venezuelan migrants with an initial flight tomorrow, Sunday,” Rodríguez said. He added that the move aims to ensure “the return of our compatriots to their nation with the safeguard of their