Supreme court blocks Trump bid to resume deportations under 1798 law

<p>Administration’s appeal to quickly deport Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act rejected with two dissenting</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court">supreme court</a> has rejected the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>’s request to remove a temporary block on deportations of Venezuelans under a rarely used 18th-century wartime law.</p><p>Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who have been accused of being gang members, a designation that the administration says makes them eligible for rapid removal from the United States under the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/alien-enemies-act-explainer-can-trump-apply-a-wartime-law-to-deport-gang-members">Alien Enemies Act</a> of 1798.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/16/supreme-court-alien-enemies-act-trump">Continue reading...</a>