Overview

• The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked deportations under the Foreign Enemies Act, invoked by the Trump administration to expel migrants accused of ties to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua criminal group.
• The suspension applies specifically to detainees at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas, pending further judicial review of the law’s application.
• More than 200 migrants, primarily Venezuelans without U.S. criminal records, have already been sent to El Salvador’s CECOT prison under a U.S.-El Salvador agreement.
• The ACLU argues that the deportations violate due process, as migrants were not properly notified or given opportunities to contest their removal.
• The Trump administration’s actions have sparked legal battles over constitutional authority, with conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissenting from the Supreme Court’s suspension order.