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Supreme Court Pauses Deportations Based on Alien Enemies Act

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 21, 2025
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court early Saturday halted the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants who are being detained in Texas, The Hill reports. The emergency order temporarily blocks deportations until the court resolves an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union. On Friday, the group asked a number of courts to intervene alleging that deportations were actively underway. The Justice Department disputed those claims. The high court decision comes a few days after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found "probable cause" to hold administration officials in contempt for deporting accused Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador in March after he ordered the planes to turn around, Bloomberg Law reports. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit halted those contempt proceedings to give it sufficient opportunity to consider the government’s appeal. The Hill reports on that development.

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