A federal appeals court issued a decision in a high-profile immigration case challenging the Trump administration's authority to deport Venezuelan nationals via a 1798 wartime law.

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg won’t lift his earlier ban on the deportation of immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, denying a Trump administration request and ruling it likely violated the due process rights of migrants who were deported to El Salvador.

President Trump on Friday deflected when asked if he signed the order to invoke the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law, to deport Venezuelan migrants allegedly linked to the Tren de

The order by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco is a relief for 350,000 Venezuelans whose Temporary Protected Status was set to expire April 7 after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reversed protections granted by the Biden Administration.

The court papers suggest that the administration has set a low bar for seeking the removal of the Venezuelan migrants, whom officials have described as belonging to the street gang, Tren de Aragua.

The Trump administration deported more alleged Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members to El Salvador over the weekend, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, even as questions arose in a legal challenge over the process to determine gang members.