Over the weekend, there was a showdown between the Trump administration and his opponents when the president invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allows the federal government to deport enemies without a hearing, to remove members of Tren de Aragua after declaring the gang a terrorist organization.

The White House on Monday was facing a legal battle over its use of the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century law, under which the United States began deporting Venezuelans allegedly linked to organized crime.

The top Trump administration official said deportation flights will continue -- 'Another flight every day' - even after a judge's ruling halting them.

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration ta