A federal judge in California has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act, echoing last week’s Supreme Court ruling rejecting the government’s appeal to quickly resume the deportations under the use of the 18th-century wartime legislation.
Monday’s ruling, by Judge John Holcomb, a U.S. district judge for the Central District of California who was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020, covers all noncitizens being held in the district who are or will be subject to Trump’s proclamation the law would be used to deport members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as invaders.
The temporary order, in place until May 30, comes in connection with a complaint filed by Darwin Antonio Arevalo Millan, a Venezuelan citizen who is being held at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement annex at the Desert View Modified Community Correctional facility in Adelanto, California.
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