(MENAFN) The administration under Donald Trump appealed to the United States Supreme Court on Saturday, requesting the reversal of a temporary decision that had paused deportations enforced through the Alien Enemies Act.

This judicial pause was issued in response to an urgent plea by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Based on an American newspaper, Solicitor General D. John Sauer submitted a legal document in which he urged the justices to lift the hold and allow the matter to be settled in the lower judiciary.

He criticized the ACLU’s legal team for "improperly skipping over the lower courts" and described their application as "fatally premature."

Sauer additionally argued that the administration had given migrants "adequate time to file" their legal objections and assured that individuals with unresolved claims would not be deported.

In its emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, the ACLU contended that Venezuelan detainees risked facing lifelong imprisonment in a high-security facility in El Salvador, without access to court reviews.

The Supreme Court responded by instructing the government "not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees" until a further decision is made.

However, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito disagreed with the majority and issued dissents.

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