US Supreme Court Allows Trump To Use 18th Century Wartime Law To Pursue Deportations

<p>The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to use a 1978 law that historically has been employed only in wartimes to be used to pursue deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.&nbsp;</p>
<p>However, the court has imposed some restrictions on the use of 18th-century legislation.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In an unsigned 5-4 ruling, powered by conservative justices, the court granted the administration’s request to lift the March 15 order by Washington-based US Judge James Boasberg that had temporarily blocked the summary deportations under Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act while litigation in the case continues.&nbsp;</p>
<p>While the ruling favoured the Trump administration, the court’s majority placed limits on how deportations may occur, stressing that judicial review is required, reported Reuters.&nbsp;</p>
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<h2>Condition Set By Court&nbsp;</h2>
<p>The court ruled that detainees “must receive notice after” after the court order that they are subject to removal under the Act.</p>
<p>It further told the administration that the notice “must be afforded within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief in the proper venue before such removal occurs.”&nbsp;</p>
<p>The top court also said that if a detainee has to challenge the legitimacy of their detention under the Alien Enemies Act, they must pursue so-called habeas corpus claims in the federal judicial district where the detainee is located.&nbsp;</p>
<p>That means that the proper venue for this litigation was in Texas, not the District of Columbia, the court said.</p>
<p>The ruling further stated that the court was not resolving the validity of the administration’s reliance on that law to carry out deportations.&nbsp;</p>
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<h2>Trump Hails Ruling</h2>
<p>The court has a 6-3 conservative majority and the court’s three liberal justices along with Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissented the ruling.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Reacting to the judgment, Trump said: “The Supreme Court has upheld the Rule of Law in our Nation by allowing a President, whoever that may be, to be able to secure our Borders, and protect our families and our Country, itself.”&nbsp;</p>
<p>The US President had invoked the Alien Enemies Act last month to swiftly deport the alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang in a bid to expedite removals with a law best known to be used to intern Japanese, Italian, and German immigrants during World War II.&nbsp;</p>