Judge Halts Trump Wartime Powers Plan to Speed Deportations
The Trump administration crackdown has seen high-profile raids across the US and the use of deportations flights.
Photographer: Christopher Dilts/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants under a centuries-old immigration law.
The decision came hours after Trump invoked powers under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in a proclamation Saturday targeting Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang also designated a foreign terrorist organization. The law was once used to justify the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.