The FBI's former general counsel said if Trump ignores a judge's orders regarding deportation, it could lead to "no rule of law."

The Trump administration says it did not defy a weekend court order to halt the use of wartime powers to fast-track deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.

ACLU lawyers want answers from the federal government about its deportation actions over the weekend. A judge ordered a hearing for Monday afternoon.

On Saturday, President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport alleged Tren de Aragua gang members. This law has been used three times in U.S. history—during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II.

After a federal judge temporarily blocked an effort by President Donald Trump to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, the Trump administration deported hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador alleging they are members of a Venezuelan gang.

Civil rights groups on Monday sought "immediate clarification" from the Trump administration about weekend flights deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members from the U.S. despite a judge's order, saying the U.

Venezuelan gang members were deported from the U.S. under the Trump administration amid a judge issuing a court order against it. NBC News' Danny Cevallos breaks down the legality of the deportations used with the Alien Enemies Act.

The Trump administration has deported alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the U.S. despite a court order forbidding it from doing so, saying in an extraordinary statement that a judge did not have the authority to block its actions.