ACLU sues Trump admin over Alien Enemies Act
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in anticipation of the president invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Although there has been no announcement of the act being invoked, the lawsuit claims the ACLU and other representing parties have reason to believe the president has invoked "or will imminently invoke" the AEA to speed up the administration's mass deportation goals and target the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang.
The ACLU is representing five plaintiffs they believe have been moved to detention centers in Texas intended to be "staging facilities to remove Venezuelan men under the AEA," court documents show.
-ABC News' Armando Garcia