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Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

US Supreme Court blocks the Trump administration’s use of Alien Enemies Act

The Supreme Court has yet to rule on the full merits of Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act [File: J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]

The United States Supreme Court has granted an emergency petition from a group of migrants in Texas, barring the use of an 18th-century wartime law to expedite their removals.

Friday’s unsigned decision (PDF) is yet another blow to the administration of President Donald Trump, who has sought to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to swiftly deport undocumented immigrants out of the US.

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