Judge denies Trump's bid to resume Alien Enemies Act deportations

Judge James Boasberg denied the Trump administration‘s request to lift a temporary block on deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members through the Alien Enemies Act, saying in an order issued Monday that the migrants are allowed to challenge whether they qualify for deportation.

Boasberg, an Obama appointee, wrote that the Trump administration gave little to no due process to two planes’ worth of Venezuelan migrants before flying them from the United States to a Salvadoran prison that abuses its detainees.