A federal appeals court late Tuesday blocked President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans the administration says are gang members, likely setting up a legal clash at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Earlier this year, Trump invoked the 18th century wartime power to help streamline the deportations of Venezuelans alleged to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang. Since then, the use of this power has attracted a slew of legal challenges, including two prior Supreme Court decisions. But the high court has yet to directly address the larger question of whether Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is legal in the first place.

"The Trump administration's use of a wartime statute during peacetime to regulate immigration was rightly shut down by the court," said Lee Ge

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