The Trump administration will be allowed to resume deporting suspected Venezuelan gangbangers under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act after the Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court order that blocked the deportations.
DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg had blocked President Trump from invoking the rarely used wartime law last month, and later extended his temporary restraining order until at least April 12.
The Trump administration filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court to review Boasberg’s pause on March 28, after a divided three-judge panel on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request to lift the stay as litigation plays out.
Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II last month in an effort to quickly deport alleged Tren de Aragua members to a mega-prison in El Salvador.
Trump, 78, considers the gang an invading force, whose presence in the US grew under the Biden administration’s lax immigration and border policies.
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