Judges bar US use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans held in parts of Texas and New York

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Judges in Texas and New York on Wednesday temporarily barred the U.S. government from deporting Venezuelans jailed in parts of those two states while their lawyers challenge the Trump administration’s use of a rarely invoked law letting presidents imprison noncitizens or expel them from the country in times of war.

The pair of rulings didn't address the legality of President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang , and they only applied to immigrants in federal custody in the judges’ judicial districts..