Lawyers for Venezuelan migrants asked the justices to keep in place a pause on President Trump’s deportation plan, calling it “completely at odds” with limited wartime authority given by Congress.

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to resume use of the Aliens Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. Why it matters: President Trump has already demanded the impeachment of the district court judge who blocked the deportation flights as he exerts wide-ranging power to deport immigrants with little or no due process.

About 350,000 Venezuelans who sought refuge in the U.S. were set to lose their work permits and protection against deportation next week. A federal judge delayed that action.