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A federal appeals court panel ruled that President Donald Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport members of a Venezuelan gang.

The three-judge panel sided with immigrant rights lawyers and lower court judges who argued the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was not intended to be used against gangs like Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang Trump targeted in his March declaration.

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According to the AP, the opinion said Trump’s allegations about Tren de Aragua do not meet the historical levels of national conflict that Congress intended for the act.

The Trump administration deported individuals named as Tren de Aragua members to a notorious prison in El Salvador. In July, more than 250 of the de

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