The Administration asks the Supreme Court to raise the judge of deportations under the Act on Extraterrestrial Enemies
US District Judge James Boasberg extended his temporary ban on the deportations under the extraterrestrial enemy law for another two weeks on Friday.
The order intervened a few hours after the Trump administration asked the United States Supreme Court to raise the Boasberg block urgently on the use of the AEA to expel the alleged gang members of Tren of Aragua.
The temporary prohibition order of judge Boasberg blocking the deportations – issued on March 15 – was to expire on Saturday, and his new order extended the order until April 12 at least on April 12. He also set an audience of April 8 to consider a more sustainable preliminary injunction.
“As this court recently explained, the complainants have the right to a Tro by prohibiting their dismissal at least until they had the chance to challenge that they are covered by the proclamation,” wrote Boasberg judge concerning the temporary ban order.
In his emergency request to the Supreme Court earlier Friday, lawyers for the Trump administration wrote that “only this court can prevent the rule by TRO from further upsetting powers – as soon as possible”.
“Here, the ordinances of the district court have rejected the president’s judgments on how to protect the nation against foreign terrorist organizations and to risk debilitating effects for delicate foreign negotiations,” said acting general solicitor Sarah Harris.
“More broadly, the rule by Tro has become so common among the district courts that the basic functions of the executive management are in danger. During the two months since the day of the inauguration, the district courts have given more than 40 injunctions or tros against the executive power,” Harris wrote.
The alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren of Aragua who were expelled by the United States government, are detained at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoleca, El Salvador in a photo obtained on March 16, 2025.
Presidential Press Office of El Salvador via Reuters
The appeal followed the 2-1 decision on Wednesday by the DC Court of Appeals circuit, confirming the Boasberg order and defending its jurisdiction in the case.
The Court of Appeal heard the arguments on Monday against the use by the Trump Administration of the Act respecting extraterrestrial enemies earlier this month to expel more than 200 alleged members of migrant gangs in Salvador without regular procedure.
Trump invoked the Extraterrestrial Enemies Act – a war authority used to expel non -citizens with little or no regular procedure – arguing that the Venezuelan gang Tren of Aragua is a “hybrid criminal state” which invades the United States.
Judge Boasberg temporarily blocked the use by the president of the law to expel the alleged gang members, qualifying the moves of “terribly frightening” and “incredibly embarrassing”, and ordered that the government is around two flights carrying more than 200 alleged members of Tren from Aragua to El Salvador. The authorities did not run theft, saying that they were already in international waters.
An official of immigration and the application of American customs then recognized in a statement under oath that “many” members of the alleged gangs did not have a criminal record in the United States – but declared that “the lack of specific information on each individual highlights the risk they pose” and “demonstrates that these are terrorists with regard to full profile”.
