Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed an amicus briefwith a coalition of 26 attorneys general defending the Trump administration’srecent actions to deport dangerous, non-citizen members of the Venezuelangang Tren de Aragua (TdA).
The attorneys general asked the Court of Appealsfor the District of Columbia Circuit for a stay of the district court's recent Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) that halts President Trump's actions toaddress this violent threat to our security.“President Trump is acting to protect the safety and security of the Americanpeople,” said Attorney General Lynn Fitch. “Tren de Aragua is engaged ina systematic effort to destabilize our communities with threats of violence andbrutality, including kidnappings, extortions, murders, and the trafficking ofdrugs, weapons, and people. I applaud the President for standing up for law andorder and for the integrity of our nation’s borders. And I stand with him in hisefforts to take decisive action to protect the American people’s safety."The brief asserts that the district court’s temporary restraining order should bestayed for two main reasons: (1) It jeopardizes public safety across the UnitedStates, and (2) it fails to properly recognize the President's constitutional andstatutory authority to protect national security.As the attorneys general noted in their brief, “Pursuant to his constitutional andstatutory authority, the President published a presidential proclamationregarding TdA on March 15, finding and declaring that TdA ‘commits brutalcrimes, including murders, kidnappings, extortions, and human, drug, andweapons trafficking’ and that TdA ‘has engaged in and continues to engage inmass illegal migration to the United States to further its objectives of harmingUnited States citizens, undermining public safety, and supporting the Maduroregime’s goal of destabilizing democratic nations in the Americas, including the United States.’
The attorneys general argue that President Trump acted within his rights underthe Constitution and the laws of the United States, particularly through thepowers granted by Article II, which provide the President with the robustauthority to take action against foreign threats, including transnationalcriminal organizations like Tren de Aragua.In addition to AG Fitch, the brief was joined by the attorneys general fromSouth Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,Utah, and West Virginia.
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