Despite the president designating the group as a terrorist organization, almost all of the 37 men flagged by Chicago police as possible members have faced only drug charges and citations for driving infractions.

As justification for deporting some immigrants in the country without due process, President Donald Trump said the United States is under invasion. “Evidence irrefutably demonstrates that [Tren de Aragua] has invaded the United States,” a March 15 ...

The Tren de Aragua has been on the radar of U.S. authorities for years. But it wasn’t until Trump campaigned for a second White House term that the gang became widely known in the U.S., as he and his allies turned the group into the face of the alleged threat posed by immigrants living in the country illegally.

The Republican promised mass deportations of illegal immigrants, focusing on known serious and violent criminals, such as those in transnational criminal gangs like TdA. He also said upward of 11 million people could be removed from the country, referencing those without legal status. Many have been in the U.S. for decades.

At the center of an increasingly fraught immigration crackdown led by President Donald Trump is Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. NBC News’ David Noriega explains the origins of the gang — and the narrative the Trump administration has crafted around it.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, and he points to that as the reason he can invoke an 18th century law to deport alleged gang members without due process. Legal experts say illegal immigration,

The Trump administration is using a point system to decide which Venezuelans should be deported as suspected members of the feared Tren de Aragua gang, according to federal court documents.

The Trump administration intensified its immigration crackdown, deporting 17 alleged Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members to El Salvador. The move comes amid legal battles over Trump’s use of an 18th-century law to fast-track deportations.