Trump, Alien Enemies Act
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The act gives allows noncitizens to be deported without the opportunity to go before an immigration or federal court judge.
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The legal fight over these firings has emerged as a key test of Trump's efforts to bring federal agencies meant by Congress to be independent from the president under his control.
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After the Supreme Court dismissed a nationwide legal challenge on technical grounds, lawyers for immigrants filed a lawsuit in New York and plan to file more in other states.
A case involving a Venezuelan migrant, Daniel Zacarias Matos, could explore the question of whether President Trump has used the Alien Enemies Act in a lawful manner.
DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg had blocked President Trump from invoking the rarely used wartime law last month, and later extended his temporary restraining order until at least
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