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BY ELVIA LIMON 04/19/25 09:33 PM ET

The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is seen on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Saturday afternoon to reject an emergency request to temporarily pause the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants to El Salvador swiftly detained in portions of Texas.
In a court filing, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the high court to dissolve its current administrative stay issued early Saturday and to allow lower courts to address the relevant legal and factual questions.
The emergency order temporarily blocks the deportations until the high court resolves the American Civil Liberties Unions (ACLU) emergency appeal, filed hours before the pause over concerns that more deportation flights were imminent. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, two of the courts leading conservatives, dissented.
In Sauers filing, he claimed that lawyers for the migrants had improperly skilled over the lower courts, making their request that the Supreme Court step in fatally premature.
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(163,450 posts)The trump DOJ was in the process of deporting a good number of detainees without giving them any real due process. The order from SCOTUS stopped a good number of detainees from being deported.
As legal fight raged, ICE buses filled with Venezuelans heading toward airport turned around, video shows
— Lauren Ashley Davis (@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social) 2025-04-20T12:53:22.061Z
At least 28 detainees were placed on buses Friday evening at ICEâs Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, and then driven toward an airport.
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At least 28 detainees most, if not all, understood to be Venezuelan nationals were placed on buses Friday evening at ICEs Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, and then driven toward Abilene Airport about 30 miles away.
The motorcade including at least 18 squad cars from various law enforcement agencies with flashing lights along the north Texas highways left the ICE facility, with some men on board being told they were being deported to El Salvador and some told they were headed to Venezuela, according to the wife of one of the detainees and two lawyers representing other detainees at the facility. Prior to their departure, it was not clear what their destinations would be.
The video, obtained exclusively by NBC News, shows the ICE motorcade pass the airports exit and then turn around, looping back to return to the Bluebonnet detention facility.
The Trump administration is seeking to deport the men, who it says are members of the Tren de Aragua gang. It remains unclear whether the government has the authority to apply the Alien Enemies Act to gang members outside of a war situation, and whether adjudications about gang membership are accurate.
The administration has asked the Supreme Court to stop its pause on these would-be deportation flights.
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I legit had wondered if the AARP organization was getting falsely accused of bringing the lawsuit, and the answer may be... yup...
April 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I legit had wondered if the AARP organization was getting falsely accused of bringing the lawsuit, and the answer may be... yup...
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) 2025-04-21T23:36:13.294Z
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JUST IN: Following request from advocacy group for older Americans, AARP, Judge Wes Hendrix takes initials AARP out of the caption in Alien Enemies deportation case, shifts lead party. Doc: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25903406-hendrixaarporder042125/
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April 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
JUST IN: Following request from advocacy group for older Americans, AARP, Judge Wes Hendrix takes initials AARP out of the caption in Alien Enemies deportation case, shifts lead party. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) 2025-04-21T21:19:35.434Z
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FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: The caption of the Supreme Court's early Saturday Alien Enemies Act ruling, AARP v. Trump, is causing heartburn for the elder advocacy group that has nothing to do with it. @AARP has asked a judge to change the name of the case. More: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2025/04/21/trump-backs-hegseth-00132333
April 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: The caption of the Supreme Court's early Saturday Alien Enemies Act ruling, AARP v. Trump, is causing heartburn for the elder advocacy group that has nothing to do with it. @AARP has asked a judge to change the name of the case. More: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) 2025-04-21T18:47:28.287Z