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Solicitor General John Sauer responded Saturday to the Supreme Court's extraordinary overnight order that temporarily blocked the removal of any alleged Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador calling it "unprecedented" and wrong.

Sauer argued that the detainee plaintiffs have no standing to seek an injunction from the high court since the government has already paused their pending deportations and is allowing the legal process to play out.

He noted no lower court has weighed in on the facts of the government's "notice" and "opportunity to appeal" process implemented in the wake of the SCOTUS order last month.

"This Court should deny the application to allow the lower court to resolve applicants’ claims in the first instance," Sauer wrote. "The lower courts have not found critical facts in this case."

"There has been no fact-finding about the timing, nature, and manner of notice that the government has given [Alien Enemies Act] detainees. Nor has there been fact-finding in the lower courts concerning which detainees in the putative class have actually tried to seek habeas, and whether any detainees were deprived of that opportunity," he added.

Sauer also implored the justices to limit the sweeping overnight order to only a pause on AEA removals — not any removals of Venezuelan alleged gang members.

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer

The United States "made very good progress" in its discussions with Iran on Saturday, according to a Trump administration official.

"Today, in Rome over four hours in our second round of talks, we made very good progress in our direct and indirect discussions. We agreed to meet again next week and are grateful to our Omani partners for facilitating these talks and to our Italian partners for hosting us today," the official told ABC News in a statement.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

In a statement to ABC News, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted the order from the Supreme Court and said the White House is confident the deportation actions by the administration are lawful.

"We are confident in the lawfulness of the Administration's actions and in ultimately prevailing against an onslaught of meritless litigation brought by radical activists who care more about the rights of terrorist aliens than those of the American people," she said in her statement.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

In a 1 a.m. ruling, the Supreme Court blocked the deportations of Venezuelan migrants held in northern Texas under President Donald Trump's Alien Enemies Act executive order.

The court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center "until further order of this court."

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. Alito was slated to provide a statement about his dissent.

The White House and Justice Department did not comment on the ruling.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in its court battle against the administration, challenging the deportations.

"We are relieved that the Supreme Court has not permitted the administration to whisk them away the way others were just last month," ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt said in a statement.

-ABC News' Ahmad Hemingway