Trump Expels Venezuelan Gang Members Using Rare 18th-Century Law

Over 200 members of the Tren de Aragua gang have been deported to El Salvador despite a federal judge's temporary suspension order.

President Donald Trump invoked a rarely used 1798 wartime law to classify members of the Tren de Aragua gang as 'enemy aliens' and ordered their expulsion from the U.S.
The deportation involved 238 alleged gang members, who were flown to El Salvador and transferred to a high-security prison for a renewable one-year detention period.
A federal judge issued a 14-day suspension of the expulsions, but the deportation had already been carried out before the order took effect.
The administration claims the gang is conducting a 'hybrid criminal invasion' in the U.S., allegedly with ties to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's regime.
Human rights organizations, including the ACLU, have criticized the action as an unprecedented and potentially illegal use of wartime powers during peacetime.