The Trump administration has asked the DC Circuit Court for a stay of the James Boasberg District Judge that temporarily prevented the Government to deport Venezuelans using the Alien Enemies Law.
The White House argues that Boasberg lacked jurisdiction to enter the temporary restriction order, which the administration describes in a presentation before the Court of Appeals as “unprecedented.”
“This court must stop this massive and unauthorized imposition to the Executive’s authority to eliminate the people who had determined to be members of [Tren de Aragua]A group that the President and the Secretary of State have been a threat to national security. This court must stop this unprecedented intrusion in the Executive’s authority to eliminate dangerous foreigners who represent serious threats to the American people, “wrote a doj lawyer in an emergency motion for a stay.
The alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Aragua Train, which were deported by the United States government, are arrested at the Center for Confinement of Terrorism in Tecoluca, El Salvador in a photo obtained on March 16, 2025.
Press Secretary of the Presidency Via Reuters
The Government argues that Trump’s actions invoking the AEA “are not subject to a judicial review” and that “there was no legal basis” for the court to order the implementation of the president’s proclamation.
“If this tro is allowed to stand up,” writes the Department of Justice, “the district courts would have a license to order virtually any urgent national security action upon receiving a complaint.”
The DC circuit ordered an response to the emergency motion to stay on Tuesday at 5 PM by lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the underlying case.
-ABC News’ James Hill
