During an audience this afternoon, Judge James Boasberg He was skeptical of the government’s lawyer arguments And he even pointed out that the administration is possible You have acted “in bad faith” to accelerate flights and avoid judicial scrutiny.
“If they had really believed that everything they did that day was legal and could survive a demand, I don’t think they had acted in the way they did“Boasberg said.
Trump invoked on March 14 The Law of Foreign Enemies of 1798used in times of war, To deport hundreds of Venezuelans who are accused of belonging to the criminal organization of Araguawhich arose in Venezuelan prisons.
A day after Trump invoked the law, Judge Boasberg blocked its use, just at the time two planes were Rumbo to Central America with migrants, and ordered the return of those flights.
The planes did not turn back and landed in El Salvador, unprecedented legal battle in which even President Donald Trump suggested to take Judge Boasberg to a political trial.
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