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 Donald Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a Venezuelan gang.