Democrat-aligned activist U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has ruled that illegal aliens deported by President Donald Trump can file legal challenges against their removals.
Boasberg, an Obama appointee, issued a sweeping order Wednesday.
The order compels the Trump administration to allow deported illegal aliens, most of whom were violent criminals and dangerous gang members, to challenge their removal in court.
“In short, the Government must facilitate the Class’s ability to seek habeas relief to contest their removal under the Act,” Boasberg wrote.
He continued by conceding that what this will look like in practice remains undecided.
The ruling stems from the administration’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
The law allows the U.S. to remove foreign nationals from hostile countries.
The Alien Enemies Act had been used to deport hundreds of illegal alien criminals directly to CECOT, El Salvador’s maximum-security prison.
Many of those deported to the prison were tied to MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, two violent street gangs designated as terrorist organizations.
Boasberg openly referenced Franz Kafka’s 1925 book “The Trial” in his ruling.
The activist judge portrays the deported individuals as victims of bureaucratic injustice:
“Such was the situation into which Frengel Reyes Mota, Andry