Justice Samuel Alito has written a sharp dissent that castigates the seven-member majority for blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.

Samuel Alito's five-page dissent arrived nearly 24 hours after the Supreme Court temporarily barred the government from deporting a group of accused Venezuelan gang members.

In a late-night order on Saturday, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Venezuelans using the Alien Enemies Act as a justification for the immediate removal of apparent gang members.