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Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under the Alien Enemies Act
A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law and said President Donald Trump’s invocation of it ...
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Supreme Court blocks new deportations of Venezuelans in Texas under 18th-century wartime law
The Supreme Court on Saturday hit pause on the Trump administration’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants to a prison in El Salvador. In a 7-2 emergency order just ...
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Supreme Court blocks deportations under 18th century law, for now
The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump ...
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Federal judge denies emergency motion to halt deportations under 18th-century law
US District Court for the District of Columbia judge James Boasberg on Friday denied an emergency motion to grant a temporary restraining order (TRO) halting deportations under the Alien Enemies Act ...
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At Camden's Revolutionary War Site, one chef is serving up meals straight out of the 1700s
And it invites guests to eat, drink and socialize as colonists would have during the 18th century ... when he "fell in love" with colonial-era cooking. "I had to learn to slow down; I loved ...
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U.S. government can use 18th century law to deport migrants, top court says
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken ...
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Supreme Court lifts order blocking deportations under 18th century wartime law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but said they must get a court hearing before they are ...
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18th-century English gambling dens employed people to swallow dice in case of police raids?
Since at least 2013, a rumor has circulated online that illegal gambling dens in 18th-century England hired people to swallow dice in the event of a police raid. In short, there is no credible ...
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White House says ‘no court can review’ 18th-century deportation law
Although no statutes are technically precluded from judicial review, Miller repeatedly told Hunt that critics of the administration’s actions failed to grapple with the 18th-century law’s ...
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U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador under 18th century wartime law
I'm John Yang. Nearly 300 Venezuelans are in El Salvador tonight after being deported from the United States without a hearing under a rarely used 18th century law and despite a federal judge's ...
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Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Saturday barred the administration of President Donald Trump from deportations under an 18th century law that Trump invoked just hours earlier asserting the ...