The US Supreme Court has ordered a temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law. It comes after a US senator travelled to El Salvador to meet Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is being held in prison there after being wrongly deported from the US.

The case raises questions about the Trump administration's adherence to limits set by the Supreme Court. It carries the risk of a significant clash between the two coequal branches of government and potentially a full-blown constitutional crisis.

The Supreme Court on April 10, 2025, unanimously upheld the lower court order directing the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.