A federal judge has just ordered President Trump’s deportation flights of Venezuelan gangbangers back to the United States, despite Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act.

These deportation flights were headed to GITMO.

Here’s more from the New York Post:

A federal judge blocked President Trump on Saturday from invoking the 18th century Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing – ordering any flight carrying the supposed criminals to turn around.

US District Judge James Boasberg quickly halted the order that would allow US officials to deport a group of Venezuelans under the wartime actions after civil rights groups filed a challenge earlier Saturday, The Washington Post reported.

The chief judge in the District of Columbia said he heard that “flights are actively departing” and ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt all removals and have planes carrying migrants return to the United States.

It comes as Trump made efforts late Saturday to expand the use of the order to deport migrant gang members nationwide.

Of course. The judge, by the way, is an Obama judge. I fully expect Trump to appeal this…