MARCH 2025: TRUMP PRESIDENCY The White House's Decision To Ignore Activist Judge, Let Plane Full Of Deported Criminals Continue To El Salvador

The White House's Decision To Ignore Activist Judge, Let Plane Full Of Deported Criminals Continue To El Salvador
"The Trump administration says it disregarded a judge's order to turn around two planeloads of Venezuelan criminals because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling did not apply, Axios reports, citing two senior officials - one of whom made clear that it's "Very important that people understand we are not actively defying court orders."

The Trump administration argues that US District Judge James Boasberg overstepped his authority when he issued an order blocking the president from deporting roughly 250 alleged Tren de Aragua gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1789, a wartime law that gives the executive branch immense power to deport noncitizens without judicial hearings.
"This is headed to the Supreme Court. And we're going to win," a senior White House official told Axios, adding "It's the showdown that was always going to happen between the two branches of government. And it seemed that this was pretty clean. You have Venezuelan gang members ... These are bad guys, as the president would say."
An internal discussion was had in the White House as to whether they should order the planes to turn around - only to press ahead per administration lawyers.
"There was a discussion about how far the judge's ruling can go under the circumstances and over international waters and, on advice of counsel, we proceeded with deporting these thugs," said the senior official.
"They were already outside of US airspace. We believe the order is not applicable," said the other official.
Attorney General Pam Bondi made an emergency filing with the DC Circuit Court to pause the order, asking the court to "halt this massive, unauthorized imposition on the Executive's authority to remove people that Defendants had determined to be members of TdA (Tren de Aragua)."
It’s ridiculous that a Democratic president can import violent gang members, but a Republican president can’t deport them." ZeroHedge