Elon Musk Backs Impeaching Judge Who Blocked Alien Enemies Act | EUROtoday

Elon Musk known as one Republican’s plan to question a choose who blocked President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts “necessary” in a Sunday morning put up on X.

After Texas congressman Brandon Gill (R) introduced he could be submitting articles of impeachment in opposition to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, the billionaire chimed in with a self-righteous one-word declaration.

“Necessary,” Musk posted to his social media platform.

Conservatives instantly started accusing Boasberg of overreach after he issued a short lived restraining order blocking Trump’s Saturday night time resolution to invoke an 18th century wartime legislation referred to as the Alien Enemies Act to fast-track the deportations of 5 Venezuelan nationals accused of gang affiliations.

The Alien Enemies Act, which provides the president sweeping authority to expedite deportations on nationwide safety grounds, had solely been used 3 times prior.

In his resolution, Boasberg additionally ordered immigration authorities to return anybody within the technique of being deported again to United States soil, pending additional authorized evaluation.

“Any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States however that is accomplished,” Boasberg mentioned. “Make sure it’s complied with immediately.”

At the time of Boasberg’s order, two planes carrying the Venezuelan deportees have been believed to be within the midst of flights from Harlingen, Texas, to El Salvador and Honduras.

Though his resolution was initially targeted on the 5 Venezuelans listed in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward, he later expanded his order to use to “all non-citizens in U.S. custody” being deported underneath Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act.

The Trump administration had accused the 5 males of being a part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which was designated as a overseas terrorist group final month.