U.S. officials said in sworn statements on March 18 that they did not violate a federal judge’s order on deportation flights, in part because the flight that left after the order was released carried Venezuelans who were being deported for other reasons.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on March 15 ordered the Trump administration not to remove illegal immigrants and other noncitizens in U.S. custody who would be subject to President Donald Trump’s proclamation invoking the Enemy Aliens Act.
The president’s proclamation that day stated that the Tren de Aragua gang has been at war with the United States and ordered their “immediate apprehension, detention, and removal.”…