The judge’s initial temporary restraining order blocked the Trump administration from deporting five Venezuelans.

In 1798, with the U.S. preparing for what it believed would be a war with France, Congress passed a series of laws that increased the federal government’s reach. The Alien Enemies Act was created to give the president wide powers to imprison and deport noncitizens in time of war.

A minute-by-minute timeline of events of the Trump administration's race against the clock to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.