Name: Judge Maintains Blocks on Trump Admin’s Use of Alien Enemies Act for Deportations
Uploaded: 2025-03-24T16:06:53.000Z
Description: A federal judge in Washington has denied the Trump administration's request to remove two orders blocking the administration's ability to deport members of a Venezuelan gang under the Alien Enemies Act.

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A federal judge in Washington has denied the Trump administration's request to remove two orders blocking the administration's ability to deport members of a Venezuelan gang under the Alien Enemies Act.

In an <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.53.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">opinion</a> on March 24, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said he had jurisdiction to adjudicate the issue and that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their argument that they are entitled to an individualized hearing to determine whether the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 applies to them.

Boasberg also said the plaintiffs who challenged the Trump administration's action couldn't be deported until a court had ruled on the merits of their challenge. He noted that they disputed that they were, in fact, members of the Tren de Aragua terrorist group.

Boasberg’s decision follows a contentious hearing on Friday, when he said the administration had used “intemperate” and “disrespectful” language.

At one point, he advised Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Drew Ensign to ensure that his team at the DOJ retained a lesson about their reputation and credibility being the most valuable treasure they possess. Boasberg and the DOJ have <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-orders-more-info-from-trump-admin-on-deportations-5827013">clashed</a> in recent days over the nature of his authority and, in particular, whether an oral order he issued on March 15 was binding.

In filings last week, the DOJ <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.26.0_3.pdf">described</a> Boasberg’s orders as “an affront to the President’s broad constitutional and statutory authority to protect the United States from dangerous aliens who pose grave threats to the American people.”

Another <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.37.0_2.pdf">filing</a> on March 19 showed the administration suggesting that the case had “devolved into a picayune dispute over the micromanagement of immaterial factfinding.”

“In a series of orders this Court has requested the Government to provide it details about the movements of aircraft outside of the United States and interactions with foreign nations which have no bearing on any legal issue at stake in the case,” it said.

Trump, meanwhile, has called for Boasberg’s impeachment. Chief Justice John Roberts appeared to <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/chief-justice-roberts-issues-rare-statement-after-trump-calls-for-judges-impeachment-5827498">respond</a> just hours later in a statement last week.

“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said in a statement provided to The Epoch Times.

On March 24, the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to hear oral arguments in the case. It’s just one of many testing presidential authority and making its way through the courts under the Trump administration.

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-maintains-blocks-on-trump-admins-use-of-alien-enemies-act-for-deportations-5830401">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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