# Plaintiffs Contesting Tren de Aragua Membership Claims / Alien Enemies Act Application Still Can’t Sue Pseudonymously

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/plaintiffs-contesting-tren-de-aragua-membership-claims-alien-enemies-act-application-still-cant-sue-pseudonymously/
- Published: 2026-11-09T13:01:30+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T19:04:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Reason (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://reason.com/volokh/2026/11/09/plaintiffs-contesting-tren-de-aragua-membership-claims-alien-enemies-act-application-still-cant-sue-pseudonymously/
- Topics: Paranormal, Politics, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Texas judge rejects detainees’ request to sue under pseudonyms.
- They dispute being identified as Tren de Aragua members.
- The case challenges their detention and removal under the Alien Enemies Act.

## Summary

A federal judge in Texas has refused to let three Venezuelan detainees use pseudonyms in a case challenging their detention and removal under the Alien Enemies Act. The ruling means their names must be disclosed in court records, despite their claim that the government wrongly identified them as members of Tren de Aragua.

The detainees argue that the President exceeded his authority under the Act and that they did not receive adequate notice to challenge removal. Judge James Wesley Hendrix said they had not provided evidence showing they would face harm if identified, and that an alleged, disputed link to a criminal group was not enough to justify anonymity under the relevant legal standards. The case has returned to the district court after proceedings in the Fifth Circuit and the Supreme Court.

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