The Trump administration has fired back at a federal judge in San Francisco who stopped it from revoking deportation protections this month for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in Florida and other states, saying the judge has no authority to block the decision and that it should be addressed on an emergency basis by a higher appeals court.

On March 31, 2025, in National TPS Alliance v. Noem, et al., Judge Edward M. Chen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of

Judge Edward M. Chen's ruling took aim at the Trump administration's claim that immigrants with Temporary Protected Status are a drain on the U.S.

Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy and Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn discuss the hearing at a federal court over the Trump administration’s alleged terrorist gang member deportations on ‘The Story.

Judge Neomi Rao wrote in dissent that an appeal about the scope of Trump’s blanket pardon “presents exceptional circumstances.”

A U.S. judge will hold a hearing on Thursday over whether the Trump administration violated his order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely-invoked 18th century law.

A federal judge said he’s weighing whether to cite Trump administration officials for contempt for violating his order to immediately halt deportations of Venezuelans suspected of being gang members.

Justice Department attorneys will appear before Judge James Boasberg on Thursday to make its case for why the Trump administration did not violate his orders halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans the government has accused of being part of a gang.

There are several court hearings expected surrounding cases involving Trump administration immigration policies, including the deportation flights to El Salvador case and the pending deportation proceedings for Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk.