SCOTUS Blocks President Trump’s Deportations In Late-Night Ruling, Thomas And Alito Dissent

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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling late Friday night threw up another roadblock in President Donald Trump’s efforts to use Alien Enemies Act provisions to deport a host of Venezuelan nationals living in the U.S. illegally.

The high court’s block on those deportations is temporary, but two of its most conservative voices still voiced their opposition to the majority decision.

As the New York Post reported:

In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.”

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.

The high court acted in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union contending that immigration authorities appeared to be moving to restart removals under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

The Supreme Court had said earlier in April that deportations could proceed only if those about to be removed had a chance to argue their case in court and were given “a reasonable time” to contest their pending removals.

Social media users have been sharing their thoughts on the latest decision:

I for one think Trump should simply deport the supreme court justices to Venezuela.

— Bleppsama (@IchbinHussite) April 19, 2025

DO WE HAVE A PRESIDENT? OR DOES THIS COUNTRY GET RAN BY RADICAL PATHETIC JUDGES AND SUPREME COURT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE AMERICAN SUPREME COURT THAT IS NOW VENEZUELA SUPREME COURT?? SO TIRED OF THESE COURTS TRYING TO RUN OUR COUNTRY

— @realLonestar (@ToddPer36510739) April 19, 2025

Treasonous. They're here illegally, they must go.

— Shane Connor

(@ShaneConnor) April 19, 2025

The Hill also reported on the new Supreme Court ruling:

The ACLU simultaneously asked several courts to immediately intervene Friday, warning that the Venezuelan migrants could otherwise be given life sentences in a notorious Salvadoran megaprison without the opportunity for judicial review.

“The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court,” the Supreme Court’s order reads.

The class extends to any migrant detained in the Northern District of Texas who is being removed under the 18th century Alien Enemies Act. It does not apply elsewhere, though judges overseeing separate cases have temporarily blocked deportations for those detained in the Southern District of New York and the Southern District of Texas.

The 1798 law enables migrants to be summarily deported amid a declared war or an “invasion” by a foreign nation. The law has been leveraged just three previous times, all during wars, but Trump contends he can use it because the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is effectively invading the U.S.

Here’s some additional coverage of the decision:

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