Judge Boasberg orders return of Venezuelan men deported under Alien Enemies Act

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled the government must pay to fly back or accept at a port of entry any of the men who are now in countries other than Venezuela. Upon arrival in the U.S., they will be detained as they fight accusations they are Tren de Aragua gang members.

The judge previously ruled the government violated the due process rights of the 137 Venezuelan men, and they were entitled to a hearing. But Boasberg had left the door open for a legal process that didn’t entail their physical return. “Apparently not interested in participating in this process, the Government’s responses essentially told the Court to pound sand,” Boasberg wrote*** Boasberg has sparred with the Justice Department ever since he ordered the March flights to turn around. President Trump responded by demanding the judge’s impeachment, while Boasberg has long pushed to hold the administration in contempt. “Mindful of the flagrancy of the Government’s violations of the deportees’ due-process rights that landed Plaintiffs in this situation, the Court refuses to let them languish in the solution-less mire Defendants propose,” Boasberg wrote. His order demands the government submit a list within 15 days of people who wish to return to the U.S. Two weeks later, the government must send him an update explaining how and when it will transport them.

*** Trump first invoked the Alien Enemies Act last March to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of his aggressive immigration crackdown. ***

Whether Tren de Aragua’s activities enable Trump to invoke the law is still working its way through the courts. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the leading case last month and is now drafting a decision, which could next be appealed to the Supreme Court.

Again, and again, and again…. Still, not one national politician has the courage to point out this obvious pattern:

U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg (holding the Trump Administration in contempt for not returning the plane full of Venezuelan gang members; injunction against deportation of Venezuelan gang members ; released a person who threatened to disembowel the president ) ; ordered that members of the Tren de Aragua gang who were previously deported must be returned to the United States at taxpayers expense.

U.S.District Judge Michael Farbiarz (Blocked Trump from deporting Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas agitator)

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer (Ordered Trump to end California Guard deployment in Los Angeles; Ruled that the National Guard cannot be used to protect federal officers engaging in immigration enforcement; Ordered Trump to immediately turn over control of the National Guard to Gavin Newsom)

Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered that Trump must fund the far left Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ( Impeachment, January 6th, ordered no warrantless arrests illegals etc),

U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ( approved FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-lago residence

U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan (Presided over the E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case; ordered Trump to release funds to NYC that were withheld because NYC is a sanctuary city)

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs (Blocked Trump from canceling Harvard’s student visa program, student visa holder’s unfettered access to the United States; ordered Trump to restore 2.2 billion dollar funding to Harvard)

U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss (Suspended our national border)

U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman (blocked Trump from defunding/punishing the NY MTA over congestion pricing)

U.S. District Judge Hellerstein (Blocked Trump from deporting illegal alien gang members under the Aliens Enemies Act)

U.S. District Court Judge Adam Abelson, (injunction against Trump terminating DEI grants and programs )

U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein, (twice rejectedTrump’s effort to move his hush money criminal case from New York state court to federal court)

U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander ( Blocked DOGE from accessing Social Security Administration records)

U.S. District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer(Injunction DOGE Dept of Treasury, referred to Trump as a tyrant),

Judge Arthur Engoron (NY civil fraud case- levied $350,000,000 fine on Trump)

Mayor Jacob Frey (Told ICE to Get the f--- out of Minneapolis; odered the police not to protect ICE agents who were being assaulted)

Brandy Shufutinsky, (director of the Education and National Security Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Both groups are fomenting violence against ICE)

Rep. Debbie Wasserman- Schultz( co-sponsored legislation to remove Trump from the ballot; stated that Trump is a larger threat to America than Islamic terrorists; blamed increased antisemitism on young White men),

Jeffrey Goldberg (dual US-Israel citizen, former member of the Israel Defense Forces, leaked classified Signal meeting details in possible controvention of the the Espionage Act and the Official Secrets Act)

Marc Elias( over 60 lawsuits attacking voter ID laws),

Merrick Garland,

Shenna Bellows (Maine Secretary of State-Ordered Trump off the ballot ) ,

Jena Griswold (Colorado Secretary of State, ordered Trump off the ballot ),

George Soros,

Reid Hoffman (financial support for E Jean Carroll),

Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin( financing the violent attacks against Tesla),

Judge David Ezra (stayed Texas law that permitted the arrest of illegals ),

Alejando Mayorkas,

Norm Eisen (152 lawsuits and counting against the Trump Administration)

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (Called for mass mobilization and disruption against Republicans-“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.”

Senator Michael Bennet (Blocked 80 Trump nominees)

Senator Elissa Slotkin (Impeachment, “war plan” against Trump)

Senator Chuck Schumer (Called for Trump 45 and 47 impeachment)

Senator Jon Ossoff (Called for Trump to be impeached in 2025)

Adam Schiff ( impeachment, evidence of Russian collusion)

Rep. Laura Friedman (colluding with state AGs to engage in lawfare against Trump)

Senator Brian Schatz (Holding up over 300 of Trump’s nominations )

Rep. Jamie Raskin ( threatened foreign governments that support Trump, co-sponsored legislation to keep Trump of the ballot)

Senator Chuck Shumer (led government shutdown in an attempt to preserve benefits for illegals; multiple threats against Trump)

Rep. Sara Jacobs (Congress- Bill to defund DOGE)

Organizers and funders of Not a King/ Anti-ICE protests:

George Soros

Alex Soros

Marc Benioff

Marc Zuckerberg

Hansjörg Wyss

Leah Greenberg,

Ezra Levin

Robert Weissman

, Donna Lieberman

Randi Weingarten

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