On Wednesday morning, a federal appeals court blocked the Trump Administration from deporting migrants accused of being members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua using an 18th-century wartime law. In a 2-1 ruling, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided
U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg declined to lift a restraining order barring the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans. Boasberg noted President Trump’s “unprecedented use of the Act outside of the typical wartime context” in signing an order that allowed
