A federal judge in west Texas has joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th century wartime law cited by the Trump administration, 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”

Immigrants being removed under the Alien Enemies Act get 36 hours to challenge their deportations, the Trump administration said in a court filing on Thursday. Why it matters: This is the first time the administration has publicly responded to a Supreme Court decision requiring immigrants a chance to contest their deportations before they are removed from the country.