Split 5th Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc In Challenging AEA Removals

( October 2, 2025, 8:42 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A divided Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted the federal government’s petition for rehearing en banc after a divided panel blocked the federal government’s removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of three named individuals and the putative class they seek to represent who are all alleged by the government to be Venezuelan nationals who are members of Tren de Aragua....