A temporary order will give some migrants a chance to convince the government that deporting them to “third countries” such as El Salvador would put them at risk.

In a significant legal blow to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, a federal judge has slammed the brakes on a controversial deportation policy that allowed the deportation of migrants to countries where they had no prior connection — without first giving them a chance to challenge their removal in court.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting people who have exhausted legal appeals to countries other than their own without first being allowed to argue that it would jeopardize their safety.

Trump recently invoked the act, which was passed in 1798, revoking protection status for Venezuelan immigrants who were living here legally, decla

The administration’s latest tactic for expediting deportations will trigger important test cases about the executive’s power.

The administration wants the Supreme Court, which Trump helped shape by nominating three justices, to not only rule in its favor but also to send a message.