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The 6-1 ruling blocks a New York City law allowing green-card holders and individuals with work permits who have lived in the city for at least a month to vote in local municipal elections.

Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow his use of a 1798 law to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of his hardline approach to immigration, arguing that courts must not encroach on the president's national security authority.

Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to let his administration resume deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members without hearings, escalating a high-profile showdown that is testing the ability of federal judges to enforce limits on the president’s power.

A federal judge on Friday ruled a restraining order on the Alien Enemies Act will be extended through April 12, while another judge in Boston blocks deportation of migrants.

Lower courts have temporarily blocked the government’s use of a wartime law to send Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to lift lower court orders that stopped deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.