Trump asks US Supreme Court to lift ban on deportations under wartime law
Trump asks US Supreme Court to lift ban on deportations under wartime law
The Donald Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th-century wartime law. The Department of Justice has filed to lift Washington, DC-based US District Judge James Boasberg’s 15 March order, which called for a temporary pause to the summary removals of the Venezuelans while a legal challenge to Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to justify the deportations plays out. This 18th-century law has only been used in wartime. The Justice Department explained on Friday that the case seeks to determine who has the authority to conduct sensitive national security-related operations—the president or the judiciary. “The Constitution supplies a clear answer: the President,” the department wrote. “The republic cannot afford a different choice.” Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since the Second World War in an attempt to justify the deportation of hundreds of people under a presidential proclamation labelling the Tren de Aragua gang an invading force. Trump asks US Supreme Court to lift ban on deportations under wartime law Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/03/28/trump-a ... rtime-law/