Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an early morning decision Saturday effectively blocking President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport illegal aliens—specifically Venezuelan nationals—using the long-standing Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
The Court’s unsigned order halts the removal of dozens of Venezuelans currently held at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas, siding with an emergency appeal filed by the far-left American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The ACLU argued that the Trump administration was “overstepping” its authority under a wartime law that explicitly allows the president to detain or deport nationals of hostile foreign countries during times of conflict.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito strongly dissented from the majority ruling.
This is a developing story.
Jim Hᴏft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.
You can email Jim Hᴏft here, and read more of Jim Hᴏft’s articles here.
