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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling blocking new deportations of Venezuelans in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act.
The ruling came early Saturday morning. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the majority opinion.
The justices instructed the Trump administration to not remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center "until further order of this court."
The ruling comes following an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union, who argues that federal immigration authorities appeared to be working to continue removing migrants from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The Alien Enemies Act has only been invoked three previous times in U.S. history.
Two federal judges earlier declined to step in. The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has also not made any decision.