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Trump administration live updates: Trump says 'this is a time of war' amid legal battle over deportations

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President Donald Trump says his lawyers will have to answer questions about his administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act .

The White House has asked the D.C. Circuit Court for a stay of District Judge James Boasberg ’s ruling that temporarily blocked the government from deporting Venezuelans using the act.

A federal judge had ordered that the government turn around any planes carrying people covered by the order that were in the air.

The government argues that the judge lacked jurisdiction to enter the temporary restraining order.