
2025-07-01 18:44:49
The Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union squared off
in front of a federal appeals court on Monday to debate for the first time whether Trump could use
an 18th-century wartime law to deport immigrants he has accused of belonging to a violent Venezuelan street gang.
The debate took place during an hourlong hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.
While several lower courts have considered Trump’s use of the sta…