On 15 March 2025, President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to order the removal (aka deportation) of several putative members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) criminal gang (WhiteHouse.gov, AP). Soon after, attorneys for certain putative members of TdA sought a temporary restraining order in the District Court for the District of Columbia barring the removal of their clients, which was granted (CBS News, The Hill, J.G.G. v. Trump - Complaint, Court Listener - J.G.G. v. Trump, Cornell - Restraining Order). If a court orders the lifting of all pertinent restraining orders and/or injunctions, but stays that order pending appeal, the question will remain open unless and until the stay is lifted and the order lifting, vacating, or otherwise overruling the restraining orders and/or injunctions is removed (Cornell - Stay of Proceedings). The question will close early upon the Supreme Court ordering a permanent injunction preventing the removal of any persons under the authority of the Alien Enemies Act. For the purposes of this question, a court or courts allowing all restraining orders and/or injunctions to expire without being replaced will count as an order lifting the same.

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