Immigration
Trump administration in Judge Boasberg’s court on Alien Enemies Act
The federal judge says the government has so far provided “woefully insufficient" information about three deportation flights to El Salvador.
Updated
March 21, 2025 at 2nnn
By Justin Jouvenal, Silvia Foster-Frau and Jeremy Roebuck
Lawyers for the Trump administration will be back in court Friday before a federal judge who has been largely stonewalled in his search for detailed information about the government’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants and alleged gang members.
James E. Boasberg, chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on Thursday called the information the government had provided him over the last several days “woefully insufficient.”
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