Alito criticizes SCOTUS deportation decision in strongly-worded dissent

Judge Samuel Aleo wrote a fiery opposition against the transfer of the last Supreme Court to stop the deportation of President Donald Trump to Venezuelan criminals under the law of foreign enemies of 1798.

The decision, which was issued early on Saturday morning, is actually prohibiting the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants under the eighteenth century law. In a decision also signed by conservative judges Brett Cavano and Amy Kony Barrett, the Court advised the White House not to remove the Venezuelan who were held at the Blue Ponite detention center in Texas, “until another order of this court.”

Alito rejected the timing of the decision, which he described as “literally in the middle of the night.”

“[T]An unprecedented and suspicious mutilated court issued a law without giving the lower courts an opportunity to judge, without hearing from the opposition party, within eight hours of receiving the request, with realistic and doubtful support for its order, and without providing any explanation for his order, “Alto wrote.

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He joined the justice, which has worked in court since 2006, by Judge Clarence Thomas in his opposition.

“I refused to join the court’s order because we had no good reason to believe that, under these circumstances, the issuance of an order in the middle of the night was necessary or appropriate.”

“Each of the executive and the judicial authority is obligated to follow the law. The executive authority must move forward according to the conditions of our order in the Trump case against Gig, 604 United States ____ (2025) (for every Korean), and this court must follow the applicable procedures.”

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Venezuelan immigrant is returning home from the United States walking upon his arrival at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Micetia, Venezuela, on April 4, 2025. (Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)

Later on Saturday, the lawyer, who represents the Trump administration, opposed this. Lawyers said that the federal government gave pre -poetry to detainees before they were deported, allowing enough time to submit the claims of appearances.

“The government has agreed not to remove, according to AEA, those detainees who make ideal claims (including representatives of the supposed class),”

“This court must solve its current administrative residence and allow the lower courts to address legal and realistic questions in the first place – including developing an appropriate realistic record.”

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) previously submitted an emergency appeal on the pretext Federal immigration authorities It appears that he resumed the deportation under the Law of Foreign Enemies for the year 1798. The Supreme Court of the White House previously allowed the continuation of the deportation in a limited capacity, as long as legal procedures are provided.

President Donald Trump is waving with Vice President JD Vance as he left after welcoming the national football champions at Ohio State University for 2025, and Ohio State University team, during an event in the southern grass of the White House, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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The law of foreign enemies was not invoked in 1798, which allows the deportation of indigenous people and citizens in the enemy’s nation without a hearing, only several times in the history of the United States, the last of which was during World War II.

This report contributed to this report.