Supreme Court halts Trump’s plan to deport Venezuelans under wartime law

Published 16/05/2025, 22:20
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Investing.com -- The U.S. Supreme Court has put a stop to the Trump administration’s attempt to use a wartime law to deport a group of Venezuelan men to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The court found fault with the government for not providing these men with adequate notice about its plans for deportation.

The court’s decision builds upon a previous order that prevented the Trump administration from using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport men held in a Texas detention facility. This interim order was issued at around 1 a.m. on April 19, shortly after lawyers reported that detainees were being loaded onto buses and informed of their impending deportation.

The Supreme Court’s unsigned order on Friday highlighted the administration’s claim that it cannot retrieve a man who was erroneously deported to El Salvador, despite the Supreme Court’s directive to the government to attempt his return. This order followed two dissenting opinions within the court.

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