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Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules

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A federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S.

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41 articles, oldest first.

  1. CNN

    Federal appeals court says Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act for deportations (opens CNN)

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    A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members is unlawful and blocked its use in several southern states, issuing another blow to Trump’s invocation of the 18th century law.

  2. NBC 6 South Florida

    Live updates: Appeals court blocks deportations under Alien Enemies Act (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    A federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration from using an 18th century wartime law to remove people they alleged to be Venezuelan gang members from...

  3. NBC News

    Federal court blocks Trump's removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members under wartime enemies law (opens NBC News)

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    A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from using the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to remove alleged Venezuelan gang members from the U.S.

  4. KOB 4

    Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules (opens KOB 4)

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    A federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S.

  5. NPR

    Court rules Trump can't use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members (opens NPR)

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    The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot deport Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.

  6. Winchester Star

    Appeals court rules Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang (opens Winchester Star)

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    A federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan

  7. NPR

    Appeals court blocks Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans (opens NPR)

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    The president is using the wartime power to streamline the deportations of Venezuelans alleged to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang. The move has attracted legal challenges.

  8. Delaware Public Media

    Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, appeals court rules (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The administration deported people designated as Tren de Aragua members to a notorious prison in El Salvador where, it argued, U.S. courts could not order them freed.

  9. Al Jazeera

    US appeals court blocks Trump use of Alien Enemies Act in deportation drive (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The Fifth Circuit Court is highest court so far to rule against Trump’s use of the law to deport Venezuelan migrants.

  10. Washington Examiner

    Appeals court blocks Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump has relied on the 18th-century wartime law to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.

  11. WHDH Boston

    Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of

  12. Fox7 Austin

    Alien Enemies Act cannot be used to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    An appeals panel found the Venezuelan gang wasn’t a legitimate target for a law that has only been used three times before in history.

  13. WSVN Miami

    Appeals court rules Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of

  14. New York Post

    Appeals court blocks Trump from deporting members of Tren de Aragua gang (opens New York Post)

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    A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot speed the deportations of migrants accused of being members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua using an 18th-century wartime law.

  15. The Guardian

    Court ruling blocking Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act hailed a ‘victory’ (opens The Guardian)

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    Fifth circuit says Alien Enemies Act can not justify removal of Venezuelans accused of gang ties in peacetime

  16. The Guardian

    Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans he claims are gang members, court rules (opens The Guardian)

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    Federal court rules president cannot use 18th-century law to speed deportation of those accused of being part of Tren de Aragua

  17. Forbes

    Appeals Court Blocks Deportation Of Venezuelan Migrants Using Alien Enemies Act (opens Forbes)

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    The court dismissed the Trump administration’s argument that the migrants—who they allege are gang members—were part of an “invasion.”

  18. The Daily Caller

    Another Lower Court Tries Slowing Down Trump’s Deportation Agenda (opens The Daily Caller)

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    A federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime authority, to deport Venezuelan gangbangers.

  19. The Hill

    Appeals court rules Trump can’t use Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport Venezuelans (opens The Hill)

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    Federal appeals court rules President Trump cannot use wartime law to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, blocking immigration crackdown.

  20. WMUR

    Trump can't use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules (opens WMUR)

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    A federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang

  21. The Guardian

    Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, appeals court rules – US politics live (opens The Guardian)

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    2-1 decision from fifth circuit is the first federal appeals court ruling on presidential proclamation invoking 1798 law

  22. Los Angeles Times

    Trump can't use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, court rules (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Two judges on a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with immigrant rights lawyers and lower court judges who argued the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was not intended to be used against gangs such as Tren de Aragua.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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