Trump Administration Pushes Back Against Judge’s Orders on Deportations
In asking the judge to dissolve a temporary restraining order on deportation flights, the Justice Department opened another front in its aggressive pushback to his decisions.
Tren de Aragua (Gang)
Timeline of Trump’s Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge’s Order
A New York Times review of flight data showed that at the time of a federal judge’s order, two flights were in the air, and one had not yet taken off.
Judge Sets Hearing to Press Trump Administration on Deportation Flights
Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s so-called border czar, suggested he would continue deportation flights no matter what. “I don’t care what the judges think,” he said.
With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch
“Oopsie … Too late,” El Salvador’s president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights to his country turn back to the United States. Top administration officials thanked him.
Venezuelan Families Fear for Relatives as Trump Celebrates Deportations to El Salvador
The transfer of 238 migrants accused of being gang members to El Salvador has created panic among Venezuelans who worry about the fate of their loved ones.
Trump Sends Hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador in Face of Judge’s Order
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announced that his country had taken in more than 200 prisoners whom the U.S. has accused of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang.
Trump Invokes the Alien Enemies Act, a Wartime Law, to Deport Venezuelans
The order declared that unauthorized Venezuelan immigrants who are at least 14 years old and part of the Tren de Aragua gang can be “apprehended, restrained, secured and removed.”