A federal appellate court on Wednesday declined to lift a lower court order that has stopped the Trump administration from using a presidential proclamation to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to an El Salvador prison.
In a 2-1 order, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found no compelling reason to lift a temporary restraining order from Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colombia.
The case, brought by two civil rights groups on behalf of individuals who sought to contest their removal under the proclamation, has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s criticism of judges who have ruled to temporarily stop policies nationwide.
