DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> temporarily blocks <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuelans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelans</span></a> held in northern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p><p>By Nicholas Riccardi, April 19, 2025</p><p>"The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.</p><p>"In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BluebonnetDetentionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BluebonnetDetentionCenter</span></a> 'until further order of this court.'</p><p>"Justices <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> dissented.</p><p>"The high court acted in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union contending that immigration authorities appeared to be moving to restart removals under the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a> of 1798. The Supreme Court had said earlier in April that deportations could proceed only if those about to be removed had a chance to argue their case in court and were given 'a reasonable time' to contest their pending removals.</p><p>" 'We are deeply relieved that the Court has temporarily blocked the removals. These individuals were in imminent danger of spending the rest of their lives in a brutal Salvadoran prison without ever having had any due process,' ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt said in an email." </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/aclu-trump-deport-venezuelans-supreme-court-5d85ffec44fca7c267315b34cec9ddb2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/aclu-trump-</span><span class="invisible">deport-venezuelans-supreme-court-5d85ffec44fca7c267315b34cec9ddb2</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachClarenceThomas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachSamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachSamuelAlito</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachDonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachDonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a></p>