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A U.S. federal appeals court blocked Donald Trump from using the 18th century wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport a group of Venezuelans, rejecting his administration’s claims that the migrants were part of an “invasion” to the U.S.

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00:00The U.S. Federal Appeals Court has blocked President Donald Trump from using an 18th-century wartime law to deport a group of Venezuelans.
00:09The court rejected the administration's argument that the migrants were part of a so-called invasion of the U.S.
00:17Trump's government had claimed the group included members of a violent Venezuelan gang.
00:22In March, the president issued a proclamation to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798,
00:28which allows the removal of foreign nationals during an invasion or predatory incursion.
00:34The court ruled late Tuesday that the law did not apply to this case.
00:38The Alien Enemies Act has only been used three times before, all during wartime.
00:44The case now appears set to return to the Supreme Court.
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