The ACLU initially filed suit in the nation’s capital to block deportations. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued a temporary hold on removals and ordered the administration turn around planes that had left with detainees headed to El Salvador, a directive that was apparently ignored. Later, the Supreme Court weighed in.

U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. ruled the Alien Enemies Act, an18th-century wartime law, cannot be used against individuals the Trump administration says are gang members invading

A federal judge permanently blocked the Trump administration on Thursday from using the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport foreign