the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Washington DC, in a closely watched legal battle, a federal appeals court has upheld a temporary block on the Trump administration’s attempt to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite the deportation of certain Venezuelan immigrants. The 2-1 decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals supports U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s earlier order that temporarily halted these deportations.
