{"id":2413422,"date":"2025-03-16T18:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T22:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-rushed-deportation-flights-out-of-us-before-judge-blocked-them-report-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T18:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T22:06:02","slug":"trump-administration-rushed-deportation-flights-out-of-us-before-judge-blocked-them-report-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-rushed-deportation-flights-out-of-us-before-judge-blocked-them-report-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration rushed deportation flights out of US before judge blocked them: Report &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts 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class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2039370\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and Department of Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kristi Noem<\/a> rushed to get two planes carrying 250 Tren de Aragua gang members in the air after a judge&rsquo;s order blocking them was leaked, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/16\/trump-white-house-defy-judge-deport-venezuelans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> a report.<\/p>\n<p>An <em>Axios <\/em>report on Sunday detailed the scramble from Trump administration officials to avoid a judge&rsquo;s eventual halting of all <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deportation<\/a> flights carrying members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Venezuelan<\/a>-based gang after President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to do so.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3349175\/trump-hostage-envoy-withdraws-nomination\/\">Trump&#8217;s hostage envoy withdraws nomination, will still serve as &#8216;special government employee&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3349156\/trump-declares-invasion-tren-de-aragua-orders-deportation-illegal-gang-members\/\">Trump declares invasion by Tren 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title=\"ruling came down\">ruling came down<\/a>, both flights were already near their destinations in El Salvador and Honduras, with Boasberg adding at the time that those planes would need to be directed back to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States however that is accomplished. Make sure it&rsquo;s complied with immediately,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump administration officials then debated over whether to order the planes back, and after advice from lawyers, continued with the deportation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was a discussion about how far the judge&rsquo;s ruling can go under the circumstances and over international waters and, on advice of counsel, we proceeded with deporting these thugs,&rdquo; a senior official said.<\/p>\n<p>At least one of the planes made it to El Salvador, with President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Nayib-Bukele\" title=\"\">Nayib Bukele<\/a> confirming the migrants&rsquo; arrival in footage posted on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).<\/p>\n<p>The United States will pay a very low fee for them,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tfsi8cgpD6\">pic.twitter.com\/tfsi8cgpD6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1901245427216978290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Now, the administration is arguing the judge&rsquo;s ruling does not apply to the two deportation flights since they were outside of U.S. airspace when it came down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were already outside of US airspace. We believe the order is not applicable,&rdquo; a second senior administration official said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Officials are also expressing confidence that any legal action against the administration for its defiance of the ruling would head to the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Supreme-Court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a>, and they would win.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is headed to the Supreme Court. 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