A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday stopped the Trump administration from revoking deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, days before their ability to remain and work in the U.

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.

A federal judge slammed the Justice Department on Friday for rushing to invoke an 18th-century wartime law during the night last weekend, questioning whether it was done to accelerate deportations while skirting potential legal challenges.