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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maanvi Singh and Maya Yang

Judge blocks Trump from using 18th-century wartime act for deportations

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Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

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 the 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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