New Delhi, April 8 -- The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of President Donald Trump, lifting a lower court order that had blocked the deportation of undocumented Venezuelan migrants under a rarely used wartime law.

However, the high court also clarified that migrants facing deportation under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act must be allowed to legally contest their removal.

The 5-4 ruling, issued by the conservative-majority Supreme Court, allows the Trump administration to resume deportations that had previously been halted by a federal district court judge.

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, part of the broader Alien and Seditious Acts, is a U.S. federal law that grants the President the power to detain or relocate citizens from coun...