Judge demands answers of Trump administration in Venezuela deportation case

By Ted Hesson and Tom Hals A federal judge on Monday gave the Trump administration a Tuesday deadline to provide details about plane loads of Venezuelans it deported despite orders not to, in a brewing showdown over presidential power. President Donald Trump claims the deported Venezuelans are members of the prison gang Tren de Aragua, which he designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The White House on Saturday published a Trump proclamation that invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to declare the gang was conducting irregular warfare against the U.S. Later on Saturday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued an order blocking the deportations, but the flights

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