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A Trump judge’s ruling against Trump’s deportations, briefly explained

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02.05.2025
Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. — whom President Donald Trump appointed in his first term — ruled the president was misusing the Alien Enemies Act. | Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Welcome to The Logoff: A federal judge today barred President Donald Trump from using a wartime powers law to rapidly remove people from the country, kicking off a legal struggle that could derail a major part of his deportation agenda and set up another showdown between the administration and the courts.

What’s the context? Trump invoked the

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