Alien Enemies Act

ACLU attorneys filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the swift deportation of Colorado detainees they say have been wrongly identified as members of Tren de Aragua

The temporary restraining order will remain in effect until an April 10 hearing, where the court will consider a longer-term injunction

Attorney General Pam Bondi is standing by the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport hundreds of Venezuelans, saying the country is engulfed in "modern-day warfare"

An asylum seeker was deported to El Salvador under the Aliens Enemy Act after ICE accused him of gang membership based on a tattoo and hand gesture.

President Donald Trump's attempt to use a law passed in 1798 to target Venezuelan immigrants for deportation has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

Reports suggest that President Trump is preparing to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act as soon as Friday

The Act was originally invoked in 1798 and granted the president broad powers to detain, relocate, or deport foreign nationals from hostile nations during wartime

The US has designated the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the violent MS-13 organization and six major Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

Critics point out that one major obstacle to invoke the act is it explicitly refers to declarations of war, while Trump's proposal refers to immigration