Supreme Court gives order to Trump that will halt deportation of migrants to ‘world’s worst prison’

The U.S. Supreme Court has made a big decision that stops the Trump administration from deporting a group of men who were being held in a detention center in north Texas.

These men were supposed to be sent to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, a place known around the world for its extreme and harsh conditions. But now, they’ll get a chance to explain their situation and prove their innocence before anything happens.

This all started when the Trump administration used a very old law from the 1700s called the Alien Enemies Act. This law was created during wartime and was once used during World War II to lock up people in the U.S. just because they were Japanese, German, or Italian.

It hasn’t been used in modern times like this until now. The administration used this law to justify sending hundreds of migrants, including 238 Venezuelans, to El Salvador.

Some of these deportations already happened back on March 15. On that same day, a judge had tried to stop them with a temporary order, but the flights still went ahead. The White House later said they didn’t go against the court order, even though the timing raised a lot of questions.

Now the Supreme Court has stepped in, saying the deportations must stop for now. They explained that the case is still being looked at by a lower court, and until there’s a final decision, the men cannot be deported. Two Supreme Court Justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, disagreed with this and said they would share their opinions soon.

A closer look into the group of Venezuelans being deported revealed something troubling. Out of the 238 people the government labeled as criminals, 179 of them didn’t have any public record of crimes. This has led many to believe that innocent people might be getting punished unfairly.

Journalist David Culver from CNN visited the CECOT prison and described what life is like there. It’s nothing like American prisons. The cells are overcrowded, sometimes holding more than 80 people. Inmates are locked in their cells for 23 and a half hours a day. There are no beds with mattresses, pillows, or sheets. Just hard metal bunks, a cement sink, a plastic bucket for washing, and a big jug of water for drinking. The conditions are cold, harsh, and very basic.

CECOT was built to house dangerous gang members, but now it’s being used for a much wider group, including migrants who haven’t had a chance to properly defend themselves. Many human rights groups are worried that people are being sent to suffer in a place that doesn’t offer fair treatment.

Thanks to the Supreme Court’s latest order, these men will now stay in the U.S. a little longer while their case is being reviewed. It’s a small pause that gives them hope and a chance to be heard before possibly facing one of the toughest prisons in the world.