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Last Updated: March 16, 2025, 5:36 PM EDT

The White House has asked a federal circuit court to stay a district court's temporary restraining orderthat blocked President Donald Trump from using the Alien Enemies act to deport noncitizens, including alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

Meanwhile, the fallout over Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats voting with Republicans to avert a government shutdown continued, with some in Schumer's party calling for new leadership while others defended him, but said the party needed to use new tactics and new messaging.

And Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that rescinded 19 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden's administration on gender, labor policies and industry regulations, bringing the number of Biden's actions reversed by Trump to nearly 100.

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Mar 15, 2025, 7:51 PM EDT

Judge blocks Trump from deporting citizens using Alien Enemies Act

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting any noncitizens pursuant to his recent proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act.

Less than two hours after the president attempted to invoke the 18th century law to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order that blocks the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens currently in custody pursuant to the president's recent proclamation.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Armando Garcia, Emily Chang and Peter Charalambous

Mar 15, 2025, 5:12 PM EDT

Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act despite court order

Despite a federal judge halting the administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport five migrants, the White House announced Saturday that it had done so in order to deport Venezuelan migrants.

Trump alleged this was done to target alleged members of the Tren De Aragua gang.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders

Mar 15, 2025, 4:47 PM EDT

Trump appeals temporary restraining order on Alien Enemies Act

Lawyers with the Department of Justice asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to enter an administrative stay of the lower court's temporary restraining order, which blocks the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport noncitizens.

"This Court should halt this massive, unauthorized imposition on the Executive’s authority to remove dangerous aliens who pose threats to the American people," the filing said.

The government argued that U.S. District Judge James Boasberg overstepped his authority, declined to hear a response from the Trump administration before ruling and is "setting the stage to potentially inject itself into all such removals nationwide."

Boasberg previously oversaw the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court and was nominated to federal judicial roles by both presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous

Mar 15, 2025, 1:46 PM EDT

Trump signs government funding bill

President Donald Trump signed the six-month government funding bill that was approved by Congress Friday night, according to the White House.

The bill was crafted by GOP leaders and backed by Trump.

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