The Supreme Court as composed June 30, 2022 to present.
Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued an early morning decision Saturday effectively blocking President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport illegal aliens—specifically Venezuelan nationals—using the long-standing Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

The Court’s unsigned order halts the removal of dozens of Venezuelans currently held at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas, siding with an emergency appeal filed by the far-left American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

The ACLU argued that the Trump administration was “overstepping” its authority under a wartime law that explicitly allows the president to detain or deport nationals of hostile foreign countries during times of conflict.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito strongly dissented from the majority ruling.

This is a developing story.

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