The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s administration the greenlight to resume deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a wartime-era law — a dramatic escalation in his immigration crackdown.
In a 5-4 decision, the court lifted a Washington judge’s temporary block on using the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 statute previously reserved for wartime emergencies. The ruling allows deportations to continue, but under strict conditions: detainees must receive proper notice and be given a chance to seek habeas relief in the correct court before removal.
Trump invoked the law on March 15, citing national security threats from alleged members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. His administration ordered swift deportations, bypassing standard procedures. Two deportation flights carried 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite an oral court order to halt them — a move that drew legal scrutiny.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi called the ruling a “landmark victory” and attacked the blocking judge, James Boasberg, as “an activist.” Trump, too, lashed out at Boasberg on social media, calling for his impeachment and labelling him a “Radical Left Lunatic.”
However, the court did not settle the core legal question: whether using the Alien Enemies Act is valid in the absence of a formal war. It also emphasized that legal challenges must proceed in Texas, where the migrants are held — not in Washington, D.C.
Civil liberties groups, led by the ACLU, filed suit arguing that the Act was misapplied and based on “sweeping assumptions.” Families of the deportees deny the gang affiliations, including the case of a Venezuelan youth football coach, allegedly misidentified because of a Real Madrid tattoo.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court’s three liberals in dissent.
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Saudi civil defence sent an all-clear on Saturday after issuing alerts for a second time for potential danger in Riyadh and the city of Al-Kharj east of the capital, amid an uptick in attacks by Iran-aligned Houthis on the Gulf country.
Houthi attacks target Riyadh amid concerns over Saudi oil supplies, as Iran says it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until its conditions are met and U.S. commitments are implemented, parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday.
The U.S. State Department approved a $2.7 billion military sale to Ukraine for air-defence development upgrades, along with related equipment and services, the department said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities reported at least 10 people had died in Russian attacks over the last 24 hours.
The death toll from an overnight Russian attack on the Kyiv region rose to four, including three children, Kyiv regional authorities said on Sunday. A mother and her two 3-year-old children were killed when a Russian drone strike hit a private home, the emergency service said.
Russian authorities have reported attacks on voting systems and communication lines as the country’s parliamentary election entered its second day on Saturday (19 September).
A group of French nationals, suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS), on trial in Iraq could face execution, a member of Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council told a hearing in Baghdad on Sunday.
Overnight Russian strikes on the city of Sumy, northeast Ukraine, have killed one woman and injured a man, the country's State Emergency Service has said.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has prepared sanctions targeting the entire International Criminal Court (ICC) and could announce them soon, escalating Washington's efforts to pressure the global tribunal.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged closer ties on Sunday as they sought to strengthen cooperation on geopolitical tensions, climate change, energy and the protection of democratic values.
The Left Party won Sunday's Berlin state election with 25.5 per cent of the vote in the preliminary result, ahead of the Christian Democrats (CDU) on 19.1 per cent. This marks a major shift in the city's political landscape and a setback for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling coalition.
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