The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday unsuccessfully asked two federal judges to order the Trump administration not to deport any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law, contending that immigration authorities appeared to be moving to restart removals despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s restrictions on how it can use the act.
Later in the day, the ACLU filed emergency petitions with both the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court itself to halt the deportations, even as one of the judges said it raised legitimate concerns but he could not issue an order.
