A federal judge in Washington D.C. has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely invoked 1798 law, hours after the White House issued an executive order.

Alien Enemies Act: A federal judge on Saturday said the Trump administration must halt use of an obscure wartime law, called the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to deport Venezuelans. The judge also ordered the return of any planes that had departed the United States with immigrants under the order. Read more ›

A federal judge has barred the administration of President Donald Trump from deportations under an 18th century law that Trump invoked just hours earlier asserting the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang and that he had new powers to remove its members from the country.