ICE says illegal immigrants have ‘no less than 12 hours’ to challenge Alien Enemies deportations

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it gives illegal immigrants it wants to deport under President Trump’s expedited removal powers at least a half-day’s notice before putting them on planes.

That revelation was made in a court filing unsealed Thursday where a senior ICE official described the new procedures the agency adopted to give due process rights to the migrants Mr. Trump is ousting under the Alien Enemies Act.

Carlos Cisneros, an ICE assistant field office director in southern Texas, said deportation targets under the AEA are “given a reasonable amount of time, and no less than 12 hours, including the ability to make a telephone call, to indicate or express an intent to file a habeas petition.”

He said if they don’t mount a

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