A federal judge on Saturday preemptively blocked the Trump administration's reported efforts to quickly deport five Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798.

The move from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg came just a few hours after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a motion against President Trump’s reported plan to invoke the AEA to accelerate the removal of undocumented immigrants from the U.S.

The civil rights group, representing five individuals in immigration custody, asked the federal judge to block the use of the law, although Trump himself has yet to........

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