The Supreme Court blocks Trump from reactivating the Enemies of Aliens Act for deportations.

WashingtonThe United States Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from reactivating the Enemies of Aliens Act (EIA) for deportations of migrants who were being held at a Texas immigration detention center and were being expelled under the 1798 rule.

Trump wanted to use the law to accelerate his deportation campaign. They allegedly belong to the criminal gangs El Tren de Aragua and MS-13. In an executive order in January, the Republican designated both sides as terrorist groups and considers them a threat to the country, a pretext for invoking the 19th-century law underlying the case, including whether the president's measure is legal. Of the nine votes on the high court, only conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have publicly expressed their dissent.

The ruling comes after On April 19, the judges temporarily blockedt the deportation of the group of migrants detained in Texas in response to a request from lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to temporarily halt the expulsion.

The emergency lockdown of April 19 was in response to the Supreme Court's April 7 ruling, which established limits under which deportations subject to the Alien Enemies Act should be carried outThis was a formal rather than a substantive ruling—since it did not address the legality of the rule's use—which required the administration to notify individuals of their expulsion under this law with sufficient notice so they could appeal and enjoy judicial guarantees.

"Although judicial review under the AEA [Alien Enemies Act] is limited, we have held that an individual subject to detention and removal under this law is entitled to 'judicial review' regarding 'questions of interpretation and constitutionality' of the law if he or she is fourteen years of age or older," the high court wrote on April 7.

The application of the Alien Enemies Act has become one of the major judicial battles within the Supreme Court, since it not only goes beyond the legality of using the law to deport migrants, but has also become an issue about the right to a fair trial during the process.

Stephen Miller, advisor to the president and one of the ideologues behind the deportation campaign, argued to reporters last week that the White House is also considering suspending the right tohabeas corpus"A lot of it will depend on whether the courts do the right thing or not," Miller said.habeas corpus It is a fundamental right that protects the freedom of individuals against illegal or arbitrary detention.