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

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

Trump officials said the deportations don’t violate a judge’s order barring use of the Alien Enemies Act for removals -- but also questioned the order’s validity.