Two federal judges on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to expel Venezuelan immigrants without due process. U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s ruling halts the removal of immigrants under his court’s jurisdiction in New York, while a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney bars Trump officials from removing Venezuelans detained in Colorado. These are the latest legal defeats against Trump’s mass deportation plans, coming after a Trump-appointed judge in Texas issued a permanent ruling against Trump’s use of the 1798 wartime law, rejecting Trump’s claim of an “invasion” by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to justify the expulsions.

Meanwhile, a newly declassified memo shows U.S. intelligence agencies privately rejected Trump’s claim that the Venezuelan government directs Tren de Aragua, a claim that was key to Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.