Trump Administration Legal Actions

Lawyers for the Trump administration have asked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg for an extra seven days beyond a Jan. 5 deadline to spell out how they will provide due‑process protections to a class of Venezuelan migrants deported in March to El Salvador’s CECOT prison under the Alien Enemies Act, citing the "fluid" situation after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro. Boasberg responded in a minute order that DOJ failed to follow a local rule requiring it to notify opposing counsel before seeking more time, leaving the extension request unresolved as the court presses the government to either bring migrants back to the U.S. or arrange hearings abroad that meet constitutional standards, despite disputed gang‑membership allegations and the migrants’ subsequent transfer from CECOT back to Venezuela in a July prisoner exchange.