Trump ordered on Saturday the arrest and deportation of all Venezuelan migrants over the age of 14, suspected of joining Tren de Aragua, 1 of the most dangerous Venezuelan gangs. The president besides referred to the bill of 1798 which allows the expulsion of citizens of the states at war from the US. The Venezuelan government condemned this action.
Venezuela rejects the usage of anachronistic laws, illegal and human rights violations, against our migrants said the government in Caracas.
The justice wanted to halt the deportation.
The decision was temporarily suspended by the court for 14 days. respective legal experts assessed in an interview with Reuter's agency that carrying out deportations was a question of the independency of judicial authority.
U.S. territory justice James E. Boasberg issued an order on Saturday to temporarily suspend deportation, but lawyers informed him that there were already 2 planes with immigrants in the air. 1 was going to El Salvador and the another to Honduras.
On Monday there was a gathering of the deportation court. justice Boasberg requested the Trump administration to explain why it did not comply with his ban. The White home says national judges have no authority to block deportation. The Ministry of Justice argues that there was no violation of the prohibition due to the fact that the judge's written ruling was issued erstwhile the aircraft with the deportees were already in the air. The hotel besides requests that Boasberg be removed from the case.
Trump didn't mention to the case
While talking to reporters aboard Air Force On Sunday night, Trump avoided answering the question whether his administration had violated the court's order.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on the another hand, stated that all of the deportees were in the United States illegally, and that if 1 of them is not a associate of Tren de Aragua, the Salvadoran authorities could send him back to Venezuela.
