The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow the use of a presidential proclamation to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to an El Salvador prison, asserting a temporary pause from a lower court has unlawfully interfered with basic powers of the executive branch.
The Justice Department application argues that Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia erred in issuing a temporary restraining order that prevents U.S. officials from sending migrants out of the country under the proclamation without giving the migrants a chance to challenge the move.
The Trump administration argues the case “presents fundamental questions about who decides how to conduct sensitive national-security-related operations in this country,” either the president or judges who block those actions.
