Limitations on Trump administration's deportation procedures
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked the Donald Trump administration's practice of using wartime powers to rapidly deport certain irregular migrants.
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The critical 7-2 decision by the Supreme Court stands out as a move that will partially limit the Trump administration's efforts to deport irregular migrants.
The court found the Trump administration's move to deport irregular migrants under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to be in violation of the relevant law and halted the process.
Thus, the court indicated that the Trump administration, which wanted to send irregular migrants arriving in the U.S. out of the country more quickly by using the law in question, must act in accordance with legal processes regarding migrants.
The Supreme Court sent the case back to the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals for further review.
A group of Venezuelan migrants who arrived in the U.S. had filed a lawsuit against the initiation of immediate deportation proceedings by authorities, arguing that they were being targeted for removal under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, which is only intended for use during wartime.
The U.S. administration had decided to implement the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to ensure security at the country's southern border and to be able to rapidly deport irregular migrants, and the debates surrounding this decision had been carried all the way to the Supreme Court.