In a sharply worded ruling, a federal judge said the government failed to provide the court with substantial evidence showing that the couple were members of a gang and subject to deportation.

A federal judge in west Texas has joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th-century wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act.

A federal judge in West Texas has joined others in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge David Briones of El Paso issued the order Friday, directing the release of a couple accused of belonging to a Venezuelan criminal gang, the Associated Press reported.