A judge has blocked the Trump administration from detaining or removing Venezuelans targeted for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act in Texas' southern district.

The majority decision from the Supreme Court called on the lower appellate court to address key claims of the case but halted the deportations in the interim.

On May 1, the judge in southern Texas permanently blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants living or detained in the district, finding that ...

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in northern Texas ...

A federal judge in west Texas has joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th century wartime law cited by the Trump administration, known as ...

He was later moved to Texas. The petition says the man — who entered the U.S. in 2023 and is seeking asylum — fears the government will try to use the Alien Enemies Act against him.

The ruling applies only to migrants detained in southeastern Texas. In his ruling ... courts about whether the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is lawful, constitutional or not.” ...

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump from moving forward with deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act for a group of immigrants in northern Texas, siding with ...

Almost simultaneously with Haines’ ruling, a second judge in Texas barred Alien Enemies Act deportations without 30 days notice. But Haines’ ruling is double-edged. Despite backing Trump on ...

The Alien Enemies Act has only been used three times before in U.S. history ... Such a decision likely would be months away, at least. Advertising The Texas case is just one piece of a tangle of ...