Supreme Court orders Trump administration not to deport Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act for now

Supreme Court Sides With Immigrant On Voluntary Departure Deadline

In a closely watched immigration case, the Supreme Court today ruled in favor of Hugo Abisaí Monsalvo Velázquez, finding that the 60-day voluntary departure deadline granted to him should have been extended because the final day fell on a Saturday. The 6-3 decision, penned by Justice Gorsuch, reverses the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling […] Supreme Court Sides With Immigrant On Voluntary Departure Deadline

Supreme Court Issues Narrow Ruling on Bizarre Weekend Deportation Deadlines

In a closely divided 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that deadlines for voluntary departure given to undocumented immigrants do not include weekends and legal holidays. The ruling centered on the case of Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velazquez, a Mexican national who had been living in the United States without legal status and was ordered to leave the country. The Daily Caller reports Velazquez contested that his 60-day period to depart, …

The Supreme Court Finally Takes on Trump

Ruth Marcus on an overnight ruling from the Supreme Court blocking the Trump Administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants.

U.S. Supreme Court pauses deportations under wartime law • West Virginia Watch

The U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)The U.S. Supreme Court early Saturday temporarily blocked a new round of deportations under the wartime Alien Enemies Act until the high court considers the case of several migrants in Texas whose lawyers say are at risk for “imminent removal.” The justices issued the one-page order just after 1 a.m. Eastern, directing the government “not to remove any member of the putat…

Supreme Court again faces question of Trump immigration move

The Supreme Court could soon say more about the legal process for migrants whom the government decides to remove from the country expeditiously under a centuries-old wartime law, in one of several legal challenges happening in federal courts. The justices early Saturday put a pause on the Trump administration’s efforts to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members from a Texas facility, after the American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency app…

The Latest: White House supports Hegseth, prepares for Egg Roll

The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. The court’s brief order directed the Trump administration not