New Delhi, April 8 -- The US Supreme Court lifted a lower court's order that had temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under a rarely used 18th-century wartime law - the Alien Enemies Act.

The 5-4 decision ruled that while the deportations could proceed, the migrants must be given a "reasonable time" to challenge their removal in court.

"The administration must provide reasonable time for the migrants to go to court," the majority stated.

The justices acted on the Trump administration's emergency appeal after a federal appeals court upheld US District Judge James E. Boasberg's order temporarily halting deportations. Boasberg had also ordered planeloads of migrants to be returned to the US, citi...