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US Supreme Court upholds deportations under Alien Enemies Act

Prison guards transfer deportees from the US to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 16, 2025 [El Salvador presidential press office via AP]

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump can continue to deport Venezuelan migrants under an 18th-century wartime law, but ordered that they be granted “reasonable time” to appear before a judge.

In a 5-4 ruling, the US top court on Monday overturned an order from a lower federal court that sought to temporarily block summary deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

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