US Supreme Court blocks new deportations under 18th century wartime law

FILE – The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

The US Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.

In a brief order early on Saturday, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Centre “until further order of this court”.