Venezuelans Urge Supreme Court to Keep Deportations on Hold (1)

Lawyers representing five Venezuelans urged the US Supreme Court not to let President Donald Trump resume deportations of alleged gang members without hearings, saying the men are at risk of being held for life in a brutal foreign prison.

Trump last week asked the Supreme Court to lift a trial court order that is temporarily blocking him from deporting accused members of the Tren de Aragua gang by invoking a 1798 law previously used only in wartime. The case is testing the judiciary’s ability to enforce limits on the president’s power.

The five Venezuelans suing say they aren’t gang members, ...