The Supreme Court on May 16 agreed to block the government from deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.
“The application for an injunction pending further proceedings is granted,” the court said in an unsigned order.
The court also agreed to schedule an oral argument in the case known as A.A.R.P. and W.M.M. v. Trump. A.A.R.P. and W.M.M. are the initial of two of the detainees.
On March 14, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation in which he officially declared that Tren de Aragua, a designated foreign terrorist organization associated with Venezuela, “is perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States.”…