US President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration cannot give everyone it wants to deport a trial "because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years." 

In the post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump talked about removing criminals and those illegally in the US.

The Supreme Court recently ruled that the government can continue deporting under the law, only if the detainees are given due process in which they can challenge the removal.

Experts have warned that the Trump administration is on course for a showdown with the US legal system, having already ignored court orders. Such a scenario could trigger a constitutional crisis.

Deportations based on wartime law

Earlier on Monday, lawyers told US justices that the Trump administration was prepared to carry out deportations of dozens of Venezuelan migrants detained in Texas under a 1798 law historically used only during wartime without judicial review and contrary to the Supreme Court's prior orders.

The rights group American Civil Liberties Union urged the Supreme Court to intervene as dozens of Venezuelan migrants faced deportation without having the possibility to contest their cases in court.

As a reaction, the US Supreme Court halted deportations under the Alien Enemies Act on Saturday.

Edited by: John Silk