A federal judge in El Paso ruled that Trump’s attempt to deport a couple under the wartime law had no “basis” other than “multiple levels of hearsay”

A federal judge in west Texas has joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th century wartime law cited by the Trump administration, known as the Alien Enemies Act.

A newly unsealed court filing has revealed previously unknown details about the Trump administration’s operation to remove Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act and threatens to undermine key elements of its legal defense.