Jayapal Statement on Court Ruling Barring Trump from Using Archaic Law to Deport Immigrants

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, released the following statement after Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., a Trump-appointed Judge in the Southern District of Texas, ordered that the Trump Administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act is illegal. 

“Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, an archaic wartime law, is clearly illegal — and now even judges he has appointed are agreeing. That is why I am proud to sponsor Representative Omar’s legislation to fully repeal this law.

“The Trump Administration has been rapidly kidnapping and deporting immigrants, without due process, many of whom have no criminal record, or have even been deported in error, in the administration’s own admission. It is important that this court is standing up for the rule of law in our country, now the administration must follow.”

Issues: Immigration