Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, told Newsmax on Wednesday that Congress needs to change immigration laws to represent what Americans want and avoid unnecessary legal challenges that have arisen since President Donald Trump began his second term.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Trump to use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal immigrants that are members of the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua, which the U.S. considers a foreign terrorist organization and which Trump declared an invading force in a March 15 executive order.

But on Wednesday, federal judges in Texas and New York temporarily barred the government from deporting Venezuelans jailed in parts of those states while their attorneys challenge the administration’s use of the law.

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