A federal judge in West Texas has joined others in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge David Briones of El Paso issued the order Friday, directing the release of a couple accused of belonging to a Venezuelan criminal gang, the Associated Press reported.

A federal judge in west Texas has joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th-century wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act.

A federal judge in El Paso ruled that Trump’s attempt to deport a couple under the wartime law had no “basis” other than “multiple levels of hearsay”