BREAKING: Appeals court blocks Trump’s further deportations of gang members to El Salvadoran prison
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the Trump administration.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the Trump administration.

A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration, denying its request to overturn a lower court judge’s block on the use of the Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport suspected Venezuelan gang members. Judge James Boasberg earlier in March issued a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from making such deportations.
Per Fox News’ Bill Melugin, the order blocks the Trump administration from carrying out any more deportations under the act.
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View on XThe DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the Trump administration, per CNN. The administration is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The ruling issued on Wednesday was unsigned. Obama-appointed Judge Patricia Millett and George H.W. Bush-appointed Judge Karen Henderson issued opinions explaining their agreement with the court’s decision.
Henderson wrote that allowing Trump to use the "law risks exiling plaintiffs to a land that is not their country of origin” where they could face torture in prisons.
Henderson wrote, "Indeed, at oral argument before this Court, the government in no uncertain terms conveyed that – were the injunction lifted – it would immediately begin deporting plaintiffs without notice. Plaintiffs allege that the government has renditioned innocent foreign nationals in its pursuit against TdA. For example, one plaintiff alleges that he suffered brutal torture with ‘electric shocks and suffocation’ for demonstrating against the Venezuelan regime."
Trump-appointed Judge Justin Walker focused in his dissent on an issue he raised during oral arguments in the case, that those deported needed to go to a Texas court rather than a DC court.
He said that the administration had shown "that the district court’s orders threaten irreparable harm to delicate negotiations with foreign powers on matters concerning national security."
He said that that harm, “plus the asserted public interest in swiftly removing dangerous aliens,” outweighs the plaintiffs’ desire to file the suit in Washington.
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