Trump faces new legal battle after deporting Venezuelan migrants
President Donald Trump is defending his administration's controversial deportation of around 300 alleged Venezuelan gang members to a prison in El Salvador. The White House claimed authority for the deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a statute last invoked during World War II. NBC’s Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.
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White House touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after judge block efforts
The Trump administration announced deportations of hundreds of immigrants it alleges are members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.NBC News - 20h -
White House touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after judge blocks efforts
The Trump administration announced deportations of hundreds of immigrants it alleges are members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.NBC News - 20h -
Has the Trump administration violated a court order with deportation of Venezuelan gang members?
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US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights
Trump invoked 1798 law previously used to detain Japanese Americans in second world war to justify deportations. The US deported more than 250 mainly Venezuelan alleged gang members to El ...The Guardian - 1d -
Venezuelan Families Fear for Relatives as Trump Celebrates Deportations to El Salvador
The news that hundreds of migrants were headed to an El Salvador prison caused panic for some Venezuelans, who worried that their loved ones might be among them.The New York Times - 13h -
US deports Venezuelans after judge blocks Trump’s use of wartime law
El Salvador president Nayib Bukele agrees to jail alleged members of Tren de Aragua gangFinancial Times - 1d -
What is the 1798 law that Trump used to deport migrants?
The wartime Alien Enemies Act has been controversially used to deport Venezuelans to a mega-jail in El Salvador.BBC News - 5h -
Timeline: Trump's race against courts to deport gang members under Alien Enemies Act
A minute-by-minute timeline of events of the Trump administration's race against the clock to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.ABC News - 5h -
Trump admin live updates: White House asks court to stay deportation flights TRO
Despite a federal judge ordering deportation flights of Venezuelans to cease, video shows more deportees arriving in El Salvador.ABC News - 19h
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