Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Trump from Removing Some Immigrants in U.S. Using Alien Enemies Act 

Ruling Stems from Lawsuit Filed Today by the ACLU and Democracy Forward

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from removing some immigrants from the United States using the Alien Enemies Act. The ruling stems from a lawsuit, J.G.G. v. Trump, filed earlier today by the American Civil Liberties Union, Democracy Forward, and the ACLU of the District of Columbia challenging the president’s expected unlawful and unprecedented invocation of the act.

The court ordered the individual plaintiffs in this lawsuit not be removed from the United States for 14 days. A remote hearing has been scheduled for today, Saturday, March 15, at 5 p.m. before Chief Judge James E. Boasberg. The ACLU and Democracy Forward will ask that the temporary restraining order be broadened to everyone in danger of removal under the act. Hearing access details here.

In addition, a hearing on the lawsuit’s merits is scheduled for March 21 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. More information to follow.

More information about the lawsuit filed today is here.