Source: US News & World Report
“Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed to halt deportations under a rarely-used 18th century wartime law invoked by President Donald Trump asked a federal judge Monday to force officials to explain under oath whether they violated his court order by removing more than 200 people from the country after it was issued and celebrating it on social media. … District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered the administration not to deport anyone in its custody over the newly-invoked Alien Enemies Act …. Told there were plan[e]s in the air headed to El Salvador …. ‘any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States,’ Boasberg told the government’s lawyer Saturday night. … El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, on Sunday morning tweeted ‘Oopsie … too late’ above an article referencing Boasberg’s order and announced that more than 200 deportees had arrived in his country.” (03/17/25)