The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end legal protections that have shielded some 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end legal protections that have shielded some 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation

 Anna Moneymaker

US President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at the Supreme Court after it blocked his bid to resume deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members, saying the justices are "not allowing me to do what I was elected to do."

Trump's berating of the high court, in a post on Truth Social, came after it dealt another setback to his attempt to swiftly expel alleged Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members using an obscure wartime law, the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA).

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