High court acted in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union contending that immigration authorities appeared to be moving to restart removals under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court lifted a court order that blocked President Donald Trump from deporting Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The decision was 5-4 as the court said migrants still must get a chance to challenge their deportation before they are taken out of the country.

Two Venezuelan men detained in Texas were told by a U.S. official that they will be deported imminently under an 18th century American wartime law, lawyers for some Venezuelan migrants told a U.S. federal court on Friday.