President Donald Trump has been dealt yet another court blow in his effort to use of a 1700s-era wartime law to deport Venezuelans that his administration has said are part of a violent gang.

The case involves a Venezuelan woman identified as M.A.P.S. and centers on the federal government’s recent use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport Venezuelan noncitizens whom it claims are members of the transnational criminal gang Tren de Aragua.

On Monday evening, Politico's Kyle Cheney reported on X that a fourth court found that Trump's invocation of the act was unlawful and sought to "stretch the meaning of 'invasion' beyond its plain meaning." The ruling blocked deportations in the Western District of Texas using the act.

"Mass illegal migration or criminal activities plainly do not fall within the AEA's statutory boundaries," the judge wrote in a blunt ruling.

Furthermore, the judge said Proclamation 10903 doesn't assert the gang is acting as an army or military force.

While the judge acknowledged the Executive Branch has a role in combating alleged gang activities, they noted it is "equally important" that the branch's methods for doing so "comport with the laws enacted by Congress." That includes removal authority and federal criminal laws.

"The AEA was clearly not meant to be all-encompassing," the ruling said. "As such, this Court declines to stretch the AEA's meaning so broadly that mass migration or criminal activities by some members of a particular nationality could qualify as an 'invasion,' and virtually any group, hailing from virtually any country, could be deemed alien enemies."