Justice Department Memo Claims Alien Enemies Act Allows Warrantless Home Searches and No Judicial Review

[douglas9]

The memo says "Alien Enemies" aren't subject "to a judicial review of the removal in any court of the United States."

Newly uncovered guidance from the Justice Department claims the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) allows federal law enforcement officers to enter the houses of suspected gang members without a warrant and remove them from the country without any judicial review.

In a March 14 memorandum, obtained by the open government group Property of the People through a public records request and first reported by USA Today, Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs federal law enforcement officers on how to carry out arrests on members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TDA), which President Donald Trump has declared are "alien enemies" under the AEA.

The Trump administration has refused to disclose many of the operational details of its unprecedented invocation of the 1798 wartime law to send alleged TDA members to a prison in El Salvador under an agreement with that country's president, Nayib Bukele. The memo is one of the first public glimpses at the Trump administration's claims that it can identify, pursue, arrest, and deport migrants, unconstrained by the Fourth Amendment or due process.


https://reason.com/2025/04/25/justice-department-memo-claims-alien-enemies-act-allows-warrantless-home-searches-and-no-judicial-review/

[Kaleva]

1. Trump Administration doesn't know that it'll be the courts who decide if that's true or not

[TheRickles]

2. But if the courts reject his rationale, who will enforce their judgment?

My guess is that he'll just carry on without fear of punishment.

[Easterncedar]

4. I don't think it cares

At all. He said it: “I am…we are the law.”

To Gov Janet Mills.

[Walleye]

3. Our biggest alien enemy destroying the government is Elon Musk. These Venezuelan gang members are no threat to the US

[dalton99a]

5. Kick