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

The document stated that Cárdenas was going to be deported under the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely invoked law from 1798 that the Trump administration has been using to deprive Venezuelans it accuses of gang membership of due process.

Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportation of Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act - Trump administration has accused group of being gang members and wants to deport them under 18th-century wartime l