The U.S. Supreme Court has intervened to temporarily halt the deportation of Venezuelan detainees under an 18th-century wartime law. The court’s order, issued on Saturday, prevents the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelans who were reportedly detained as suspected gang members.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the planned deportations of individuals held in a detention facility in North Texas. In a ruling on Saturday, the Supreme Court ordered that no member of the group of detainees, known as the “putative class,” should be removed from the United States until further notice from the Court.
While the Court’s majority issued the stay, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the decision, signaling a division in the Court over the case.
The ruling represents a significant intervention in the legal battle over the administration’s use of a rarely invoked wartime law to justify the deportations.
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