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Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Deportation Order Under Alien Enemies Act

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Venezuela is not subject to the Alien Enemies Act because… it is not at war with America, the court ruled.

U.S. President Donald Trump departs the U.S. Capitol following a Friends of Ireland luncheon with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin on March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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A federal judge in Washington D.C. has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan immigrants under the rarely invoked 1798 Alien Enemies Act, hours after the White House issued an executive order.

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