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President Trump has closed a trade loophole that lets consumers buy cheap goods from China without paying any steep tariffs.
The targeted goods have to be worth $800 or less.
Consumers often buy them from companies in China and Hong Kong like Temu or Xi'an.
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport certain Venezuelan immigrants from South Texas is unlawful.
And Pierre Sergio Martinez Beltran reports this is the first time a federal judge has ruled the act cannot be used against the alleged gang members.
The Venezuelan men in this Texas case are accused of being members of Tren de Aragua,
a Venezuelan gang that the president describes as invading the United States.
U.S.
District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., a Trump appointee,
wrote the administration does not have the authority to detain the men.
That's because the gang's criminal activities, while harmful,
do not constitute an invasion or predatory incursion as understood under the Alien Enemies Act.
His decision covers all of the Southern District of Texas,
which includes Brownsville, McAllen, and Houston.