Judge Boasberg cancels hearing on Trump deportations after Supreme Court ruling

Source: ABC News

Judge Boasberg cancels hearing on Trump deportations after Supreme Court ruling
The court ruled Monday that deportations under the Alien Enemies Act can resume.

By Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin, and Peter Charalambous
April 8, 2025, 12:13 PM

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has canceled a Tuesday afternoon hearing on the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged migrant gang members without due process, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday evening that the administration could resume carrying out such deportations.

Boasberg had scheduled the hearing to consider whether to convert the temporary restraining order he issued blocking those deportations last month into a longer-lasting preliminary injunction, as he mulled whether to hold the administration in contempt for failing to provide information about the deportation of over 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members last month.

Boasberg's order canceling Tuesday's hearing did not address where the contempt issue stands.

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision Monday evening, ruled that the Trump administration could resume deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act, but said detainees must be given due process to challenge their removal. ... The unsigned opinion lifted Boasberg's temporary restraining order, ruling that he lacked the jurisdiction to address the matter.

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ABC News' Devin Dwyer contributed to this report.

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