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| President Donald Trump recently invoked a centuries-old law to justify the deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum security mega-prison in El Salvador without due process. But one former federal prosecutor now believes Trump may have backed himself into a legal corner. During a Friday night segment on CNN, host Kaitlan Collins recalled how Trump said earlier in the day that he didn't sign a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 (which hasn't been used since World War II) to deport alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang, even though he stood by the decision to remove them from the United States. The president also said that 'other people handled it,' mentioning Secretary of State Marco Rubio without prompting by assembled reporters. Trump made the remark in response to a reporter asking him for a response to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg accusing the administration of signing the proclamation 'in the dark of night' to rush the deportation flights to El Salvador. |
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