A DC -Federal judge expanded a street ban against the Alien Enemies Act on Friday, a wartime law from 1798 that the Trump government has introduced to deport Venezuelan nationals that are illegally in the US tren the Aragua (TDA) -gangs.
Judge James Boasberg of the US ruled that the extension will run until 12 April.
Also on Friday, in a separate judgment, a federal court in Boston blocked the deportation of migrants to countries where they have no existing relationship without a chance to go to court to dispute that move.
Last week, Boasberg issued a temporary limitation to the president to use the law to deport Venezuelan nationals, which stated that he needed more time to consider the merits of the case.
Washington, DC judge James E. Boasberg, head of the Federal District Court in DC, stands for a portrait in E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, DC on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Carolyn van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Image) (Washington Post via Getty)
In a bench statement he ordered all the aircraft that would be returned to Venezuelan nationals or other deportees under the Alien Enemies Act.
The administration later submitted an emergency request for the American Court of Appeal to intervene.
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Haley Chi-Sing and Breanne Deppisch from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
