Earlier this year, Trump cited the law to deport 238 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, where they were detained at the infamous CECOT mega-prison.
A facility facing criticism for human rights violations and overcrowding. A federal judge had already ruled the order invalid, but the deportation flight went ahead anyway.
Since then, it has emerged that some of the deportees had no criminal history, sparking outrage from civil liberties groups and immigration lawyers alike.
Supreme Court Slams Lack of Due Process
In its 7-2 ruling, the court emphasized the violation of constitutional due process rights, rejecting the rushed removals as legally indefensible.
“Under these circumstances, notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster,” the ruling stated, per ABC News.
The case was brought by two unnamed Venezuelan detainees held in a Texas detention center.
