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Appeals Court Upholds U.S. District Judge’s Order Temporarily Blocking Alien Enemies Act

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Washington DC, ​in a closely watched legal battle, a federal appeals court has upheld a temporary block on the Trump administration’s attempt to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite the deportation of certain Venezuelan immigrants. The 2-1 decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals supports U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s earlier order that temporarily halted these deportations.

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