The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling early Saturday morning blockading, a minimum of for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas beneath an 18th century wartime legislation.
The justices suggested the Trump administration now not to take away Venezuelans held within the Bluebonnet Detention Middle “till additional order of this court docket.”
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the bulk opinion.
Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the U.S. gesture noticed upon arrival at Simon Bolivar World Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on April 4, 2025. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP by the use of Getty Photographs)
The court docket’s ruling comes after an emergency enchantment from the American Civil Liberties Union arguing that federal immigration authorities looked to be running to renew the removing of migrants from the U.S. beneath the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Two federal judges previous declined to step in and the U.S. fifth Circuit Court docket of Appeals has now not made any choice.
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A Venezuelan migrant repatriated from the U.S. walks upon arrival at Simon Bolivar World Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on April 4, 2025. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP by the use of Getty Photographs)
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The Alien Enemies Act has handiest been invoked 3 earlier occasions in U.S. historical past, with the newest being right through Global Battle II to carry Eastern-American civilians in internment camps.
The Trump management claims the act gave them the authority to rapidly take away immigrants they accuse of being participants of the Tren de Aragua gang, without reference to their immigration standing.
The Related Press contributed to this document.
