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A federal judge ruled last week that deployment was unlawful, which Bowser hailed as a move “in the right direction.”

The lawmakers didn’t cite any particular order as unlawful.

Prince Group did not respond to the BBC's request for comment, but has previously "categorically" denied having engaged in "any unlawful activity," according to the company's statement following the US sanction.

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The act's fatal flaw was a conditional immunity clause - later ruled unlawful - which could have been used by ex-soldiers, or former paramilitaries.

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“Plaintiffs have shown a substantial likelihood that both the IRS’s implementation of the Address-Sharing Policy and its subsequent sharing of taxpayer information with ICE were unlawful,” wrote Kollar-Kotelly, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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