After the Trump administration provided limited information about the decision to deport more than a hundred men under the Alien Enemies Act in March, a federal judge on Monday ordered a top DOJ attorney involved in the deportations to testify later this month. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered Drew Ensign -- Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Immigration Litigation of the Civil Division -- to testify during a hearing on Dec. 16. He also ordered testimony on Dec. 15 from Erez Reuveni , a former DOJ attorney who alleged the Trump administration evaded court orders. The Trump administration in March invoked the Alien Enemies Act -- an 18th century wartime authority used to remove noncitizens with little-to-no due process -- to deport two planeloads of alleged migran
Judge orders top DOJ attorney to testify about Alien Enemies Act deportations
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