Donald Trump Venezuelan gang 200 alleged members: Trump’s administration deportes Venezuelans despite the judicial decision

The Trump administration has deported alleged members of a Venezuelan gang of the United States despite a court order that prohibits such action, stating in an extraordinary statement that a judge lacked the authority to block his decision.

The deportation operation followed a ruling by Judge James Boasberg, who had blocked the use of President Donald Trump of the war powers of the alien enemies enemies law to quickly deport more than 200 alleged members of the Train of Aragua, a Venezuelan gang linked to kidnappings, extortion and murders in contract.

“A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an airplane full of foreign terrorists who were physically expelled from the American soil,” said White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, in a statement.

He added that the court had no “legal basis” for its ruling and that federal courts generally have no jurisdiction on presidential actions related to foreign affairs.

This development marks a significant escalation in Trump’s challenge to the system of controls and balances of the Constitution of the United States and the independence of the Judiciary.

Patrick Eddington, an expert in civil security and native security at the Cato Libertarian Institute, declared that the White House was in “open challenge” of the judge.

“This is beyond the pale and certainly unprecedented,” said Eddington, calling it the most radical test of the United States control system and balances since the civil war.

At a hearing on Saturday night, Boasberg blocked the use of the law for 14 days, arguing that the statute refers to “hostile acts” by a foreign state that is “according to war.”

Boasberg also ordered that any flight that transports migrants processed under the law returns to the United States.

However, the next day, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, published images on social networks that show that men were removed from a plane at night under strong security.

“Oopsie too late,” Bukele wrote over a headline who said: “The Fed judge orders deportation flights that Venezuelan ganglán transport to return to the United States.”

Bukele accompanied the comment with an emoji laughing. The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, again published Bukele’s statement and thanked him for his “assistance and friendship.”

In his statement, Leavitt said that “the written order and the actions of the administration do not conflict” and reiterated that the courts “generally have no jurisdiction” on the author’s authority to “eliminate foreign terrorists of land of the United States and repel a declared invasion.”

Although the Trump administration has described Venezuelans as gang members, “monsters” or “alien terrorists”, Reuters has not verified independently if they have a criminal record or gang affiliations.

The United States National Security Department and the Salvadoran government did not respond to comments requests, while the State Department declined to comment.

Reuters could not confirm the total scope of deportation operations or the exact moment of Bukele’s video.

One of the aircraft in Bukele’s images had the N837va tail number, belonging to Global Crossing Airlines, which had come out on Saturday from an airfield in Texas that was previously used for deportations, according to Flightradar24 data.

The plane took off from Harlingen airport in the afternoon before landing in San Salvador on Saturday night.

Global Crossing, based in Miami, a company used by the US immigration authorities to deport migrants in Latin America, did not respond immediately to a request for comments.

In a judicial presentation on Sunday, the Trump administration declared that “some” of Venezuelans had already been withdrawn from the United States before the judge’s order, but did not provide more details.

It is not clear how many people had already been deported or if the administration was admitting that others had been eliminated after the judge’s ruling.

Axios cited the senior administration officials saying that they had aimed to complete deportations before the judge could intervene. According to the reports, an official said that the order did not apply because the flights were already “on international waters.”

Leavitt seemed to support this argument, stating that by the time the judge issued his order, Venezuelans “had already been withdrawn from the US territory.”

However, several legal experts disputed this claim.

“The jurisdiction of a federal court No Stop on the edge of the water, “said Steve Vladeck, a professor at the Law Center of the University of Georgetown, in a publication in the application of Bluesky social networks.” The question is whether the accused They are subject to the court order, no where The behavior that is challenged takes place. “

Peter Markowitz, professor at the Faculty of Law of Cardozo and an expert in application of immigration, declared that the actions of the Trump administration “certainly violate” the court order.

The American Union of Civil Liberties (ACLU), which has challenged the use of the law by Trump, has urged the Administration to ensure that migrants are not eliminated in violation of the order, he told Reuters, ACLU main lawyer, Lee Gelernt.

“If someone were handed over to a foreign government after the court order, then we hope that the United States government will work with that foreign government to recover people,” Gell said.

Bukele declared that the 238 Menalleged members of the Venezuelan Gangwere are transferred to the terrorism confinement center, a mega prison capable of maintaining up to 40,000 inmates, during a period of one year that could extend.