Judge Says He May Order US to Facilitate Return of Venezuelans

A federal judge posed a new threat to President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, telling government lawyers he may order the US to facilitate the return of alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

At a hearing Wednesday, US District Judge James Boasberg said he is weighing whether he has the power to order the Trump administration to seek the return of more than 100 Venezuelans deported in March under a wartime law invoked only three times in US history. He’s the first judge to consider the thorny question of how deportees ...