Source: Axios
“The Trump administration can’t deport alleged Venezuelan gang members after a federal judge Monday rejected a request to lift the temporary halt on the practice. The legal battle being waged over the high-stakes immigration case promises to test the limits of Trump’s deportation powers and the power of the executive branch itself. In a Monday opinion, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg took aim at the Trump administration for invoking an 18th-century wartime law to justify the deportations. Each plaintiff ‘vehemently denies’ being part of the Tren de Aragua gang, as the administration claimed, he noted. As such, each plaintiff is ‘entitled to individualized hearings’ to determine whether the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 — which would allow them to be deported with little to no due process — can be applied to them, Boasberg wrote.” (03/24/25)
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/judge-trump-venezuelan-deportations-restraining-order