Federal judge James Boasberg has criticized the Trump administration for its "incredibly troublesome" use of a centuries-old wartime law to deport people to El Salvador.
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... Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport more than 200 Venezuelans, who he claimed were members of gang Tren de Aragua, last Saturday.
In a hearing on Friday, Boasberg, said, "I agree the policy ramifications of this are incredibly troublesome and problematic and concerning, and I agree it's an unprecedented and expanded use of an act that has been used ... in the War of 1812, World War I and World War II, when there was no question there was a declaration of war and who the enemy was." ...
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