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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graeme Massie and Kelly Rissman

Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportation of Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans in Texas under the Alien Enemies Act.

In an early Saturday morning brief order, the justices told the White House it could not remove the Venezuelans from the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.” Hours later, the solicitor general requested that the Supreme Court “dissolve” its administrative stay to allow the lower courts can review the legal arguments and to “leave undisturbed the government’s independent authority to remove putative class members.”

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