Rachel Maddow

Another detainee who spoke English was able to read that the paper said, deportation. For the past month, the Trump administration has been using the same wartime law that was used for Japanese internment camps during World War II to arrest men from Venezuela and then fly them to a prison in a foreign country without any legal proceeding of any kind.

Their legal pretext is a hard to follow claim that somehow the United States is at war like we were in World War II, I guess, except we're at war with Venezuela, which none of us knew. But that regardless means no due process for these men that they are arresting and imprisoning abroad, potentially for the rest of their lives. About a week and a half ago, the U.S.

Their legal pretext is a hard to follow claim that somehow the United States is at war like we were in World War II, I guess, except we're at war with Venezuela, which none of us knew. But that regardless means no due process for these men that they are arresting and imprisoning abroad, potentially for the rest of their lives. About a week and a half ago, the U.S.

Supreme Court told the Trump administration that if it wants to use that law, it needs to give the people it wants to fly out of the country the opportunity to go before a court, needs to give them the opportunity to contest the grounds for their removal.

Supreme Court told the Trump administration that if it wants to use that law, it needs to give the people it wants to fly out of the country the opportunity to go before a court, needs to give them the opportunity to contest the grounds for their removal.

But according to the ACLU, last night, a bunch of people in that detention center in Anson, Texas, that blue bonnet detention center, including that teenager, were told that they were going to be deported, quote, within 24 hours. The ACLU says some of them had allegedly, quote, already been loaded onto buses, headed to some airport to fly them out of the country.

But according to the ACLU, last night, a bunch of people in that detention center in Anson, Texas, that blue bonnet detention center, including that teenager, were told that they were going to be deported, quote, within 24 hours. The ACLU says some of them had allegedly, quote, already been loaded onto buses, headed to some airport to fly them out of the country.

Just before we got on the air tonight, NBC News got this video of one bus and one van leaving that detention center, that Blue Bonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas. We don't know who, if anyone, was a passenger on that bus. We don't know where that bus was going. This afternoon, the ACLU rushed to four different courts, including the U.S.

Just before we got on the air tonight, NBC News got this video of one bus and one van leaving that detention center, that Blue Bonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas. We don't know who, if anyone, was a passenger on that bus. We don't know where that bus was going. This afternoon, the ACLU rushed to four different courts, including the U.S.

Supreme Court, to try to stop those people from being shipped out of the country, possibly to that notorious prison in El Salvador, where the Trump administration claims it has no authority to get people out once they are there. Which is really something, given that it's giving them no day in court, no due process at all before it sends them there.

Supreme Court, to try to stop those people from being shipped out of the country, possibly to that notorious prison in El Salvador, where the Trump administration claims it has no authority to get people out once they are there. Which is really something, given that it's giving them no day in court, no due process at all before it sends them there.

Tonight, a federal judge in Washington was the first to weigh in. That judge held an emergency hearing. A Trump administration lawyer told the court that he had no knowledge of any planes set to depart with immigrants on it tonight or tomorrow. But he said the administration reserves the right to deport people under the Alien Enemies Act.

Tonight, a federal judge in Washington was the first to weigh in. That judge held an emergency hearing. A Trump administration lawyer told the court that he had no knowledge of any planes set to depart with immigrants on it tonight or tomorrow. But he said the administration reserves the right to deport people under the Alien Enemies Act.

The ACLU explained that the Trump attorney's inability to share departure plans in court tonight, quote, does not give us much confidence that people will not be deported right away. The judge reported...

The ACLU explained that the Trump attorney's inability to share departure plans in court tonight, quote, does not give us much confidence that people will not be deported right away. The judge reported...

excuse me, the judge responded that he was, quote, sympathetic to the ACLU's concerns, but did not believe that he had the authority to rule on this matter because none of the plaintiffs are being held in Washington, D.C. Like I said, this is a fast-evolving story. This is a legal drama that is still unfolding as we speak tonight. The question right now is, will the Fifth Circuit U.S.

excuse me, the judge responded that he was, quote, sympathetic to the ACLU's concerns, but did not believe that he had the authority to rule on this matter because none of the plaintiffs are being held in Washington, D.C. Like I said, this is a fast-evolving story. This is a legal drama that is still unfolding as we speak tonight. The question right now is, will the Fifth Circuit U.S.

Court of Appeals act tonight? Will the U.S. Supreme Court act tonight? before potentially more immigrants are flown out of this country, perhaps irreparably and irrevocably, to a foreign prison from which the U.S. says they can never be retrieved.

Court of Appeals act tonight? Will the U.S. Supreme Court act tonight? before potentially more immigrants are flown out of this country, perhaps irreparably and irrevocably, to a foreign prison from which the U.S. says they can never be retrieved.

If the Fifth Circuit or the United States Supreme Court does not act tonight, what do we believe will happen to the men in that Texas detention center and possibly on that bus? Joining us now is Aaron Reikland-Melnick. He's an immigration attorney and senior fellow at the American Immigration Council. He's been closely following this case. Mr. Reikland-Melnick, thank you very much for joining us.