W.M.M. v. Trump

W.M.M. v. Trump (originally filed as A.A.R.P. v. Trump) is a pending class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas seeking writs of habeas corpus on behalf of detained Venezuelan immigrants who allegedly qualify for deportation under the United States president Donald Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. The case follows the holding of the United States Supreme Court in J.G.G. v. Trump that people detained under the Alien Enemies Act must be afforded an opportunity to contest their removal via habeas, and the issuance of temporary restraining orders prohibiting further removals pending in several district courts.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed W.M.M. in the Northern District of Texas on April 16, 2025. On April 18, the ACLU sought an emergency temporary restraining order to prevent the alleged imminent removal of detainees from a detention facility in Anson, Texas, and deportation to the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador. It then filed appeals with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Supreme Court. At around 1:00 a.m. on April 19, 2025, in a brief, unsigned order, the Supreme Court directed the United States government not to remove any of the purported class members until further order of the court. Commentators have noted the unusual nature of the late-night order. In a May 16 per curiam decision, the Supreme Court granted an injunction and returned the case to the Fifth Circuit, directing it to determine what kind of notice was needed to protect the detainees' due process rights.