{"id":2567963,"date":"2026-02-09T14:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-signals-supreme-court-ruling-may-shape-venezuelan-deportation-case\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:26:56","slug":"judge-signals-supreme-court-ruling-may-shape-venezuelan-deportation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-signals-supreme-court-ruling-may-shape-venezuelan-deportation-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge signals Supreme Court ruling may shape Venezuelan deportation case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-signals-supreme-court-ruling-may-shape-venezuelan-deportation-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2567963&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge is considering how to remedy due-process problems in the deportation of Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. In J.G.G.v. Trump, Judge James Boasberg is weighing what relief, if any, should be provided to 137 Venezuelan men who were deported in March to el Salvador and later repatriated to Venezuela, and how much of that relief should come from a case-by-case order versus striking down the government\u2019s wartime designation itself. The hearing centers on the Supreme Court\u2019s Abrego Garcia decision, which required relief for a previous wrongful deportation, and whether the same remedy should apply to these Venezuelans. The DOJ argues there is no jurisdiction to order remedies because the men are no longer in federal custody and warns that any mandated relief would trigger immediate appeals, while the ACLU contends the government is seeking to block relief by removing challenges before they can be heard. The administration had designated Tren de Aragua as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-calls-out-venezuelan-military-for-highly-provocative-move-near-us-navy-vessel\/\" title=\"Pentagon Calls Out ...n Military for &#039;Highly Provocative Move&#039; Near US Navy Vessel\">foreign terrorist institution<\/a> under the proclamation of March 15, and it defended the removals as lawful under the wartime statute, but the plaintiffs argue some designations are contestable and due process was not provided. The judge did not rule at the hearing but saeid he aimed to issue a decision next week, a ruling that could influence ongoing challenges to wartime expulsions across multiple jurisdictions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge says Abrego Garcia Supreme Court ruling may shape Venezuelan deportation case<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2499970\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge said on Monday that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a>&rsquo;s ruling in the case of Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia may inform what remedy is required for more than 100 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act last spring.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Judge&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3353353\/james-boasberg-dc-judge-impeachment-trump-immigration\/\">James Boasberg<\/a>&nbsp;of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia raised the issue during a hearing in&nbsp;<em>J.G.G. v. Trump<\/em>, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration&rsquo;s use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/migrant-hostage-threat-prompts-doj-request-to-resume-deportations\/\" title=\"Migrant &#039;hostage&#039; threat prompts DOJ request to resume ...s\">18th-century wartime statute<\/a> to deport Venezuelan nationals accused of ties to the Tren de Aragua gang.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4450800\/venezuela-attorney-general-rearrest-opposition-leader-prison-release\/\">Venezuela attorney general orders rearrest of opposition leader hours after prison release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4449540\/trump-administration-court-test-venezuelans-deported-el-salvador\/\">Trump administration faces court test over Venezuelans flown to El Salvador<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4450543\/judge-search-warrant-georgia-raid-unsealed-tuesday\/\">Judge orders search warrant for Georgia FBI raid unsealed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrives at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Greenbelt, Maryland. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Scarbrough)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Given what the Supreme Court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/24pdf\/24a949_lkhn.pdf\">said in Abrego<\/a>, if these people were illegally removed &hellip; then the remedy has to be the same,&rdquo; Boasberg said, referring to the high court&rsquo;s April order requiring the government to facilitate relief for<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3377382\/supreme-court-orders-trump-administration-return-mistakenly-deported-man-el-salvador\/\"> Abrego Garcia<\/a>, who was previously deported to El Salvador despite an immigration judge&rsquo;s 2019 order barring deportation to his country of origin.<\/p>\n<p>The case before Boasberg involves <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4449540\/trump-administration-court-test-venezuelans-deported-el-salvador\/\">137 Venezuelan men deported in March<\/a> under the Alien Enemies Act and flown to El Salvador&rsquo;s Terrorism Confinement Center without advance notice or court hearings. Boasberg has already ruled that their removals were a violation of due process. Monday&rsquo;s hearing focused on what relief, if any, the court can order after the men were later transferred out of U.S. custody and repatriated to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> in a July prisoner exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Boasberg stressed that any return of previously deported Venezuelans, the bulk of whom have ties to the Tren de Aragua gang, does not mean that they will be released or allowed out of custody.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I think the point which I made at the very first hearing in this case is I&rsquo;ve never said, and the plaintiffs have never said, that they are not deportable,&rdquo; Boasberg said. &ldquo;The only question in this whole case is, are they supportable pursuant to the AEA and the proclamation, and were they given due process before they were removed?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;issued the proclamation on March 15, invoking the Alien Enemies Act and declaring Tren de Aragua a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palestinian-terrorists-issue-death-threat-on-american-reformer-as-biden-admin-seeks-closer-ties\/\" title=\"Palestinian Terrorists Issue Death Threat on American Reformer as Biden Admin Seeks Closer Ties\">designated foreign terrorist organization<\/a>, citing what the administration described as an extraordinary threat posed by the Venezuelan gang. Federal officials said the designation authorized the rapid removal of suspected members during what they characterized as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-craziest-meeting-of-trump-era-top-trump-official-combatted-conspiracies-was-primed-to-brawl\/\" title=\"In \u2018Craziest Meeting\u2019 Of ...-Era, Top ... Official Combatted Conspiracies: \u2018Was Primed To Brawl\u2019\">national security emergency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the proclamation, the administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan nationals accused of gang involvement to El Salvador, where they were imprisoned at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4423854\/60-minutes-airs-pulled-cecot-segment-few-changes\/\">CECOT<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >high-security facility reserved<\/a> for terrorism suspects. Administration officials have said many of those deported were credibly accused of violent crimes, including murder, robbery, rape, and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Venezuelan detainees held at CECOT were repatriated to Venezuela as part of a broader diplomatic arrangement. They were received by then-President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a>, who has since been removed from power.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> has contended that all 137 men at issue in the case were properly designated as members of Tren de Aragua and therefore lawfully removed under the wartime statute. Attorneys for the migrants dispute that claim, arguing that some of the men contest the designation and were never given a meaningful opportunity to challenge the government&rsquo;s evidence before being deported.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Justice Department<\/a> lawyers argued on Monday that the court lacks jurisdiction to compel any remedy because the men are no longer in U.S. custody. They rejected proposals for remote hearings, paper-only adjudications, or court-facilitated returns, warning that any such order would intrude on executive authority and trigger an immediate appeal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If, over Defendants&rsquo; vehement legal and practical objections, the Court issues an injunction, Defendants intend to immediately appeal,&rdquo; the government warned in court filings, language that drew a pointed response from the bench.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m used to that tone in this case, unfortunately,&rdquo; Boasberg said in response to an American Civil Liberties Union attorney, who said the end of the DOJ&rsquo;s recent brief ended with a veiled threat.<\/p>\n<p>Representing the migrants, the&nbsp;ACLU argued that the administration is attempting to create a legal dead end by removing people before they can challenge their deportations and then saying courts have no power to act afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Boasberg also pressed the parties on whether the court should first rule on the legality of Trump&rsquo;s Alien Enemies Act proclamation, a decision that could eliminate the need for individualized determinations, or proceed case by case. Plaintiffs&rsquo; counsel agreed that invalidating the proclamation could resolve the dispute more cleanly but warned that appeals could prolong the ordeal for men who deny gang affiliation, given that the administration&rsquo;s use of the wartime statute is being litigated across various jurisdictions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The March flights to CECOT included detainees beyond the 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act. The same aircraft also carried 101 Venezuelans removed under standard immigration law and 23 Salvadorans accused of MS-13 membership, including Abrego Garcia, whose deportation the government later acknowledged was erroneous.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4449540\/trump-administration-court-test-venezuelans-deported-el-salvador\/\">TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FACES COURT TEST OVER VENEZUELANS FLOWN TO EL SALVADOR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abrego Garcia, whose case became a crucial reference point in Monday&rsquo;s hearing, fled El Salvador as a teenager, was granted limited protection from being returned there by an immigration judge in 2019, and lived in Maryland under federal supervision before being detained by ICE in March and deported to CECOT. The Supreme Court later ordered the Trump administration to facilitate relief, and Abrego Garcia was returned to the United States, where he has since been entangled in parallel civil, criminal, and immigration proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Boasberg adjourned the hearing without ruling, saying he would try to issue a decision by next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abrego Garcia ruling may guide Venezuelan deportations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2567964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/District-Judge-James-Boasberg.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6184,33810,32275,50813],"class_list":["post-2567963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-deportation","tag-immigration-law","tag-supreme-court","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/District-Judge-James-Boasberg.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567963"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567967,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567963\/revisions\/2567967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2567964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2567963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2567963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}