An appeals court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s request for an immediate stay on a lower court ruling that reinstated thousands of probationary federal employees who had been fired. A three-judge panel on the U.

Two judges ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration needs to reinstate thousands of federal workers it fired across dozens of agencies.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from removing any migrants under the Alien Enemies Act late Saturday—but the White House said Sunday that hundreds of alleged gang members had still been sent to El Salvador.

ACLU lawyers want answers from the federal government about its deportation actions over the weekend. A judge ordered a hearing for Monday afternoon.

The Trump administration says it did not defy a weekend court order to halt the use of wartime powers to fast-track deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.

A court order that would have delayed the deportation of Dr. Rasha Alawieh was issued while her plane was on the tarmac, but it took off anyway.

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, who was in the U.S. on a valid H1-B visa, has been deported back to Lebanon and unable to make contact with her lawyer.