April 16, 2025
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found probable cause on Wednesday to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willfully violating his order barring removals of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act, despite the U.S. Supreme Court having vacated that order.
April 03, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday told a Justice Department lawyer there was a "fair likelihood" the Trump administration defied a court order blocking the use of a 1798 wartime law to deport Venezuelans.
April 02, 2025
The Trump administration urged a D.C. federal judge not to extend his temporary block on deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a wartime statute, saying that the removals are lawful and out of the court's jurisdiction.
March 26, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice is digging its heels in defending the government's deportation of Venezuelans under a 1798 wartime law, telling U.S. District Judge James Boasberg late Tuesday that his injunction blocking the deportations doesn't require the government to undo removal flights that have already taken off.
March 24, 2025
A D.C. Circuit panel seemed split on Monday as the appellate judges contended with the Trump administration's bid to dissolve a trial court order blocking the deportations of some Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
March 24, 2025
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Monday rejected the Trump administration's request to lift a temporary restraining order blocking removals of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, saying they are entitled to a hearing first.
March 21, 2025
A D.C. federal judge demanded to know how the Trump administration understood his verbal order that deportation flights headed to El Salvador be turned back last week, vowing to "get to the bottom of" whether his order was violated and what the consequences will be, in a hearing Friday.
March 21, 2025
Litigation developments in immigration cases have been dominating the news cycle, including cases over deportations of Venezuelans, a pro-Palestinian activist's habeas petition and a challenge to a Biden-era asylum rule. With cases moving at lightning speed, Law360 is providing a rundown of developments that may have been missed over the past week.
March 20, 2025
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Thursday called the Trump administration's Thursday response to his inquiry into whether the deportation of Venezuelans violated his injunction "woefully insufficient," and gave the administration until Friday morning to fulfill its obligations and provide the court with an adequate response.
March 19, 2025
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday gave the Trump administration another day to provide more details about flights containing Venezuelans deported under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, after the government said it might invoke state secrets privilege.