New Delhi, April 19 -- In a dramatic turn of events, the US Supreme Court intervened on Saturday to temporarily block President Donald Trump's controversial use of an obscure 1798 law aimed at deporting Venezuelan migrants without due process.

The emergency ruling, delivered in two brief paragraphs, has put a temporary stop to the administration's expulsion efforts under the Alien Enemies Act, a law last employed during World War II to round up Japanese-American citizens.

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