Update: According to the NY Post, the dangerous gang members being deported using the Alien Enemies Act were headed for GITMO. A leftist Obama-appointed judge Boasberg ordered them back. This is insane. These are among the most dangerous criminals in the world.
Radical judges are blocking every single thing the administration does.
A federal judge blocked President Trump on Saturday from invoking the 18th century Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing – ordering any flights carrying the supposed criminals to turn around.
US District judge James Boasberg quickly ordered the Trump administration to halt all removals after the commander in chief signed off on a presidential action invoking the 1798 law – aimed at targeting Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, The Washington Post reported.
The chief judge in the District of Columbia said he heard that “flights are actively departing” and ordered US officials to have planes in the air carrying migrants returned to the United States, the outlet reported.
“Any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States however that is accomplished,” Boasberg reportedly wrote. “Make sure it’s complied with immediately.”
Original Story
President Trump filed a presidential action invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which gives him the authority to detain or deport nationals of an enemy nation during wartime.
It’s the fourth time in American history a president has used the act — and the first since World War II.
The directive targets members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan prison gang, and authorizes expedited removal of all Venezuelan citizens 14 and older who are not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.
They, along with MS-13, have been declared foreign terrorists.
According to the presidential action, those people “are liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Enemies.”
The White House announcement came just hours after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against the removal of five Venezuelan men for 14 days under the expected invocation of the act. An emergency hearing on the matter will take place Saturday evening.
The Ruling
A radical federal judge, Obama-appointed Chief Judge James E. Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order to block former President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure America’s borders and protect its citizens in the name of “protecting democracy.”
“The Court has reviewed Plaintiffs’ Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. Given the exigent circumstances that it has been made aware of this morning, it has determined that an immediate Order is warranted to maintain the status quo until a hearing can be set. As Plaintiffs have satisfied the four factors governing the issuance of preliminary relief, the Court accordingly ORDERS that: 1) Plaintiffs’ 3 Motion for TRO is GRANTED.
Defendants shall not remove any of the individual Plaintiffs from the United States for 14 days absent further Order of the Court; and
The parties shall appear for a Zoom hearing on March 17, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. So ORDERED by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on 3/15/2025. (lcjeb1)”Since then the administration filed an appeal, so now there is Zoom hearing later today, instead of on Monday.
Democrats are desperate to keep dangerous gangsters in the United States to “protect democracy.”
“It’s a grave violation of rights if you don’t let a foreign national remain in the US to openly promote terrorism” is the kind of thing the Founders would have laughed at.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) March 10, 2025
This is the Left in a nutshell:
They’ll argue Trump can’t change something like birthright citizenship because it’s “centuries old settled law” and then turn around and say Trump also can’t use the Alien Enemies Act because it’s “centuries old settled law.” https://t.co/EYWW8ySRS3
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) March 15, 2025
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