Administration officials said they expect the fight over using the wartime act to ultimately head to the Supreme Court.

The Trump legal team argues that a Venezuelan criminal organization, trained Tren De Aragua, poses a national security threat to the United States. However, the ACLU and Democracy Forward have

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to justify deporting Venezuelan immigrants, claiming an "invasion" of gang-affiliated individuals. The law, passed in 1798, has only been used three times in U.