Supreme Court’s predawn order, for now, halts deportation flights - The Washington Post


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Supreme Court Intervention

The Supreme Court issued an emergency order at 1 a.m., temporarily blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of detainees in Texas.

Order Details

The order, unsigned and without explanation, directed the administration not to remove any members of the affected group until further action by the court.

Dissenting Opinions

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the majority opinion.

Uncertainty

The fate of the detainees remains uncertain pending further Supreme Court action.

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The fate of dozens of detainees in Texas remained in limbo Saturday after an extraordinary middle-of-the-night emergency action by the Supreme Court temporarily barred their removal by the Trump administration.

The court did not explain its reasoning in its unsigned emergency order issued around 1 a.m. but directed the Trump administration “not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees” from the United States until further action from the Supreme Court. Two conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., dissented.

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