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Trump's Bid to Use Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans Hits Another Legal Roadblock

President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump's initiative to swiftly deport Venezuelans to El Salvador hit another roadblock on Monday as ACLU attorneys filed a lawsuit seeking to block the removal of Colorado detainees.

Concretely, the lawyers claim the men have been erroneously identified as members of the Venezuelan-born Tren de Aragua. They are backing their request in the Supreme Court ruling from last week, which did not ban the administration from enforcing the deportations under the wartime Alien Enemies Act, but did establish that people targeted must be given time to challenge the decision and undergo judicial review.

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