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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Supreme Court sides with Trump over Alien Enemies Act deportations despite ‘extraordinary threat to rule of law’

The Supreme Court will allow Donald Trump to continue summarily deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members under a centuries-old wartime law after the administration had already deported dozens of immigrants to a notorious El Salvador prison.

A divided court on Monday night agreed to lift a judge’s order that temporarily blocked the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport people from the U.S. while a legal challenge plays out. But the justices said the immigrants are “entitled to notice and an opportunity to challenge their removal” in front of a judge.

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