The U.S. military is planning a large deportation flight to El Salvador to be carried out under the Alien Enemies Act, ABC News reported on Friday.

News of the deportation flight comes as attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union representing several Venezuelan migrants say their clients are being held at the Bluebonnet detention center in Anson, Texas, and believe they are at “imminent risk” of being deported to El Salvador. 

“Petitioners have learned that officers at Bluebonnet have distributed notices under the Alien Enemies Act, in English only, that designate Venezuelan men for removal under the AEA, and have told the men that the removals are imminent and will happen tonight or tomorrow,” attorneys from the ACLU wrote in a filed statement. 

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