Judge keeps block on Alien Enemies Act deportations in place
In a ruling on Monday denying the Trump administration's request to dissolve his previous order blocking the deportations, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote that President Donald Trump's "unprecedented use" of the Alien Enemies Act does not remove the government's responsibility to ensure the men removed could contest their designation as alleged gang members.

"The Court need not resolve the thorny question of whether the judiciary has the authority to assess this claim in the first place. That is because Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on another equally fundamental theory: before they may be deported, they are entitled to individualized hearings to determine whether the Act applies to them at all," Judge Boasberg wrote, adding the men were likely to win their case.
The ruling comes just before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeal is set to hear arguments as the Trump administration seeks to have Boasberg's block of the law overturned.
-ABC News' Peter Charalambous and Katherine Faulders