Supreme Court puts deportations on hold

Justices Alito, Thomas dissented
New Orleans-born toddler deported to Honduras, court documents show
New Orleans-born toddler deported to Honduras, court documents show
Published: May 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM EDT
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Supreme Court has ruled in a case concerning deportations.

Donald Trump campaigned on removing illegal aliens from the U.S.

In this case, Venezuelans were accused of being gang and the Trump istration tried to rush them out of the country.

The Supreme Court has ruled 7 to 2 that the president’s decision to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport have these mass deportations is on hold.

It’s on hold for now. What the Supreme Court has decided is to send this case back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to determine a few things. They want that court to determine the number of days a required for notice for those individuals who could be deported out of the country. And in addition to that, what type of hearing these types of individuals that the president would like to deport deserve?

So those issues must be solved first before this issue issue potentially gets back up to the US Supreme Court to Supreme Court justices dissented in this matter. Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas and one Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. He concurred in the opinion. He said that this particular case should not be remanded to a lower court, but rather the Supreme Court should decide this issue right now.

Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas claimed the nation’s highest court did not have jurisdiction. The majority ruled that the law is clear, The Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in the context of removal proceedings, and instructed the lower court, the fifth circuit based in Louisiana to address questions raised about due process. The ruling adds that for now, the justices are not addressing the underlying merits of the parties’ claims regarding the legality of removals under the Alien Enemies Act.