Welcome to the News Hour. In a U.S. appeals court today, the Trump administration challenged a federal judge's decision to stop the deportations of alleged gang members using a rare wartime authority.

The three-judge panel has yet to rule, but there was one apparent point of consensus among two of the judges, agreeing the judiciary does have the authority to review President Trump's actions.

It's the latest chapter in the ongoing showdown between President Trump and the judiciary.

Our White House correspondent Laura Barone Lopez joins us now with the latest.

So Laura, this was a nearly two hour-long hearing in this D.C. appeals court on the Trump administration's use of this

centuries-old Alien Enemies Act. What stood out to you? So this three-judge panel includes

judges appointed by President George W. Bush, Barack Obama, as well as Donald Trump. And there was

one big point of agreement among two of the judges that spoke the most during the arguments. I'm

talking about

Judge Justin Walker, who was an appointee of President Trump and an Obama appointee, Patricia

Millett. And they were both skeptical of the Trump administration's arguments that essentially

the president's actions are beyond judicial review. So they both said they believe that the judiciary can review this.

Now, Judge Justin Walker focused his questions on whether or not D.C. was the right venue,

saying maybe this law should be brought somewhere else.

Now, Judge Patricia Millett focused her questioning on due process.

And she basically said that there was no record that the people that were deported

under the alien enemies were necessarily Tren de Aragua or if they were maybe victims

of Tren de Aragoa.

And specifically, Judge Millett said that there were plain loads of people.

There were no procedures in place to notify these people who were deported

that Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act than has happened here,

referring to due process and hearing boards that were held the last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked during World War II.

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