A federal judge in west Texas joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th-century wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act.U.S. District Judge David Briones in El Paso,

Immigrants being removed under the Alien Enemies Act get 36 hours to challenge their deportations, the Trump administration said in a court filing on Thursday. Why it matters: This is the first time the administration has publicly responded to a Supreme Court decision requiring immigrants a chance to contest their deportations before they are removed from the country.