The judge’s initial temporary restraining order blocked the Trump administration from deporting five Venezuelans.

It comes as Trump made efforts late Saturday to expand the use of the order to deport migrant gang members nationwide.

The Trump administration immediately appealed the restraining order, warning it could set a dangerous precedent.

Mr Trump invoked earlier in the day the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against the group. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President Trump had invoked the law, known as the Alien Enemies Act just hours earlier, claiming that the US was being ...

A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked any deportations that would occur under President Donald Trump's invocation ...

A federal judge expanded his ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 ...

Trump invoked earlier in the day the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against the group saying the country was facing an "invasion" ...

Trump invoked the wartime authority Alien Enemies Act, targeting members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua for expedited ...

Presidents are given the extraordinary power by the 227-year-old law to order the arrest, detention and deportation of noncitizens who are 14 years or older and come from countries staging an ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself ...

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from using an 18th-century law for deportations, citing immediate concerns.