Trump's Wartime Law for Mass Deportations Halted by Federal Judge

Sun Mar 16 2025 08:38:22 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)
Trump's Wartime Law for Mass Deportations Halted by Federal Judge

A federal judge intervenes to stop mass deportations after Trump's controversial proclamation concerning Venezuelan immigrants.


This legal decision is the latest development in the ongoing battle over immigration policies in the United States, particularly related to the Venezuelan crime gang Tren de Aragua.



A federal judge has obstructed President Donald Trump's attempt to utilize a 227-year-old wartime law for mass deportations of Venezuelans, specifically targeting members of the criminal group Tren de Aragua. Trump recently asserted that these individuals were "conducting irregular warfare" against the U.S., warranting their deportation under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. However, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled on Saturday that deportations initiated by this proclamation must cease for a temporary period of 14 days.

During a hearing, Judge Boasberg expressed concern that planes carrying deportees were already in the air, insisting they be redirected. Although the law allows the government to detain and expel those deemed threats during wartime, its historical application has primarily been in times of active conflict, such as the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Legal experts and rights organizations have critiqued Trumps’ proclamation as unprecedented, emphasizing that only Congress has the authority to declare war.

While Trump sought to rally supporters with his tough immigration stance, his proposal faced immediate backlash. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other rights groups had filed lawsuits to preemptively challenge the legality of his actions. At a courtroom hearing, the ACLU argued that Trump's terminology—“invasion” and “predatory incursion”—was inappropriate as it relates to actual hostile acts by enemy nations, not criminal behavior by individuals.

Critics assert that Trump’s invocation of the law is a strategy to expedite deportations without sufficient evidence needed to prove individual gang affiliations. Katherine Yon Ebright of the Brennan Center for Justice remarked that the use of such extraordinary powers seemed intended to facilitate broad-based deportations motivated by ancestry rather than actionable gang-related activity.

Despite the temporary ruling, the Trump administration's immigration reforms remain a dominant theme in its policy agenda, as the matter proceeds through the legal system—possibly reaching the Supreme Court. The developments are closely watched, reflecting the complexities and tensions surrounding immigration discussions in the U.S. today.

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