The Trump administration pressed a federal appeals court on Monday to lift a judge’s temporary block against President Donald Trump’s use of a sweeping wartime authority to quickly deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.

A panel of judges in the appellate court in the District of Columbia expressed mixed concerns Monday during oral arguments over a lawsuit involving President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.

A federal appeals judge tore into the Trump administration Monday as the court considered lifting a block on the administration’s swift deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.  “There were plane