Judge blocks Trump from using 18th-century wartime act for deportations
by Maanvi Singh and Maya Yang from on (#6VYWZ)
Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelans, but order halted by judge
Donald Trump has invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelan nationals from the US.
The White House issued a presidential proclamation on Saturday targeting Venezuelan members of gang Tren de Aragua, saying: Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of members, many of whom have unlawfully infiltrated the United States and are conducting irregular warfare and undertaking hostile actions against the United States."
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