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If courts allow Trump to get away with using the Act in peacetime, it would set a dangerous precedent.

His apparent plan to do so is illegal and would set a dangerous precedent if allowed to stand.

The law mandates the detention of non-U.S. nationals accused of violent crimes or theft

When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

Federal officials argue in court that New York has allowed violent gang to turn city hotel into outpost

The Act was originally invoked in 1798 and granted the president broad powers to detain, relocate, or deport foreign nationals from hostile nations during wartime

Prosecutors in Chile say the country will formally request that the United States extradite a Venezuelan man to stand trial for charges related to the abduction and killing of a Venezuelan ex-army officer and opposition figure last year in Chile

As President Donald Trump continues carrying out his mass deportation plans, more and more testimonies are coming out of the harsh conditions detainees experience at the newly opened detention center at Guantanamo Bay.

Almost a week after the Trump administration sent migrants from Guantanamo back to Venezuela, the deportees are describing their ordeals.

The body of former Venezuelan army officer Ronald Ojeda was found on Feb. 19, 2024, in a suitcase buried under 5 feet of concrete. Ojeda, accused by Venezuela of plotting against the government, had gone missing nine days earlier, when men dressed as police broke into his apartment in the…

"The organized crime group was, back then, used by foreign agencies like the FBI and the DEA with terrorist and destabilizing purposes against Venezuela," the authoritarian government said