The high court had already called a temporary halt to the deportations from a north Texas detention facility in a middle-of-the-night order issued last month.

President Trump reacted with fury to the ruling. “THE SUPREME COURT WON’T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!” he said on social media. In a subsequent post, he wrote, “The Supreme Court of the United States is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do,” and called it “a bad and dangerous day for America.”

The Supreme Court said Venezuelan migrants haven't had enough time or information to protect their rights. Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito dissented.