US court pauses ruling allowing Venezuelans to challenge deportations to El Salvador

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan migrants react after arriving on a deportation flight from the United States at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela May 9, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File photo

(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday temporarily paused a judge's ruling holding that hundreds of Venezuelans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law must be given the chance to challenge their detentions.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an administrative stay to give itself more time to consider an appeal filed by the government earlier on Tuesday.