Venezuelans Get Class Certification in Bid to Stop Removal (1)

A Venezuelan national convinced a federal district court to certify a class of noncitizens in custody in her challenge to the US government’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged members of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization.

Anonymous petitioner M.A.P.S. adequately showed that all noncitizens in custody in the jurisdiction of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, who are subject to the March 2025 Presidential Proclamation concerning Tren de Aragua, can challenge their impending removal from the US as a class, Judge David Briones said Thursday.

This decision comes about a week after ...