Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under Alien Enemies Act

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen near sunset in Washington on Oct. 18, 2018. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center, in west-central Texas, under the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used 18th-century wartime law that allows for accelerated removal of foreigners deemed a threat by authorities. "The government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this court," the court said in a brief early Saturday note. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. National Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations The American Civil Liberties Union late Friday had warned that immigration authorities were moving to quickly restart removals under the Alien Enemies Act despite the previous Supreme Court's restrictio...