U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to bring back 137 deported migrants at taxpayers' expense after ruling they were denied due process.

What Price for Due Process? On Monday, toward the end of another court hearing in the interminable Alien Enemies

The judge chided the Trump administration for its "defiance" of a court order, the "flagrancy" of its due process violations, and a "solution-less mire." The post 'Essentially told the Court to pound sand': Judge makes Trump admin pay for 'defiance' with airfare to US for 'third country' deportees who 'desire' return first appeared on Law & Crime.

Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. The U.S. Supreme Court is shown on March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. President Donald Trump loves the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

President Donald Trump claims that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 grants him the power to deport certain Venezuelan-born aliens without due process, based on the mere allegation of membership in a criminal street gang. But the text of the Alien Enemies Act ...

A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump must return more than 100 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act last spring. “The Court will now order the Government to facilitate the return from third countries of those Plaintiffs who so desire,

The complaint is related to Boasberg's handling of the administration's swift removals of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador and the Alien Enemies Act.

"I found they were not given due process," U.S. District Chief Judge James E. Boasberg said at a court hearing, referring to 137 certified class members who were hastily removed from the United States after President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to justify their deportations.