Apr 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Supreme Court halts Venezuelan migrant deportations under Alien Enemies Act

Lauren Floyd

President trump in red tie sitting at desk — President Trump at the White House on March 31. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The Supreme Court, working after midnight, blocked the deportation of more detained Venezuelan migrants under a 1798 wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, on Saturday.

The big picture: President Trump's administration is trying to deport the migrants held at Texas' Bluebonnet Detention Center in keeping with the president's campaign promise of mass deportations.

The latest: The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation appealed a lower court's order to the Supreme Court Friday night, arguing that the government failed to "give members of the proposed class a realistic opportunity to contest their removal under the AEA."

The Supreme Court ordered the government not to deport the migrants "until further order of this court."
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.

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