And on the Act Trump said he didn't sign off on -- Judge Blasts 'Incredibly Troublesome' Use of Wartime Law for Deportations
Mar 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM EDT By Amanda Castro and Hannah Parry
Federal judge James Boasberg has criticized the Trump administration for its "incredibly troublesome" use of a centuries-old wartime law to deport people to El Salvador.
Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport more than 200 Venezuelans, who he claimed were members of gang Tren de Aragua, last Saturday.
In a hearing on Friday, Boasberg, said, "I agree the policy ramifications of this are incredibly troublesome and problematic and concerning, and I agree it's an unprecedented and expanded use of an act that has been used ... in the War of 1812, World War I and World War II, when there was no question there was a declaration of war and who the enemy was."
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* Boasberg is trying to determine if the government violated his order to halt deportations and turn the planes around, when three flights carrying deportees flew from the U.S. to El Salvador on Saturday. * He has repeatedly set deadlines for the DOJ to answer his questions regarding the flights, but the attorneys have been reluctant to do so. * * They have told the court that the government is deciding whether to use the state secrets act to prevent them having to answer the judge's questions. * During today's hearing, he said the government was "not being terribly cooperative" but he pledged to "get to the bottom of whether they violated my word and who ordered this and what's the consequence," he said. * He also accused DOJ attorney's of using "the kind of intemperate and disrespectful language I'm not used to hearing from the United States" in their filings. * Trump has attacked Boasberg repeatedly on his challenge to the administration, calling him "radical left," a "grandstander," and claiming in a recent social media post that the judge is "doing everything in his power to usurp the Power of the Presidency."
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