{"id":2413874,"date":"2025-03-19T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chides-doj-disobedience-gives-one-day-extension-to-provide-information-on-deportation-flights-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T14:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:05:02","slug":"judge-chides-doj-disobedience-gives-one-day-extension-to-provide-information-on-deportation-flights-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chides-doj-disobedience-gives-one-day-extension-to-provide-information-on-deportation-flights-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge chides DOJ \u2018disobedience,\u2019 gives one-day extension to provide information on deportation flights &#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 mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-chides-doj-disobedience-gives-one-day-extension-to-provide-information-on-deportation-flights-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge chides DOJ &lsquo;disobedience,&rsquo; gives one-day extension to provide information on deportation flights<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div 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_2044685\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has provided the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Justice<\/a> with a one-day extension to answer his questions regarding Saturday&rsquo;s deportation flights to El Salvador. The judge issued a ruling to block the deportations while the flights were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cr5219ezjrpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in the air<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Boasberg requested answers to his questions about the timing of the deportation flights and custody handover of deportees. The Trump administration argued the &ldquo;aliens had already been removed from U.S. territory&rdquo; when the ruling was made. The Department of Justice pushed back on Boasberg&rsquo;s request Wednesday, prompting the judge to warn of &ldquo;consequences&rdquo; if his questions are not answered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3352320\/judge-rejects-trump-administration-effort-mahmoud-khalil-case-new-jersey-louisiana\/\">Judge rejects Trump administration effort to dismiss or move Mahmoud Khalil case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3352063\/judge-blocks-trump-order-barring-transgender-troops-military\/\">Judge blocks Trump&#8217;s order barring transgender troops from serving in military<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3351702\/obama-appointed-judge-rules-doge-usaid-shutdown-likely-unlawful\/\">Obama-appointed judge rules USAID shutdown likely unlawful<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;As the Supreme Court has made crystal clear, the proper recourse for a party subject to an injunction it believes is legally flawed &mdash; and is indeed later shown to be so flawed &mdash; is appellate review, not disobedience,&rdquo; Boasberg said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ submitted a filing Wednesday morning asking for a pause of Boasberg&rsquo;s order to answer his questions. He previously ordered the Trump administration to provide answers by noon on Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Continuing to beat a dead horse solely for the sake of prying from the Government legally immaterial facts and wholly within a sphere of core functions of the Executive Branch is both purposeless and frustrating to the consideration of the actual legal issues at stake in this case,&rdquo; the DOJ wrote in the filing.<\/p>\n<p>The back-and-forth between the DOJ and Boasberg began late Saturday when Boasberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3349552\/white-house-denies-defying-court-order-deportation-venezuelan-gang-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">blocked deportations<\/a> prompted by President Donald Trump&rsquo;s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which has only been used in times of war.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration said all of those deported were part of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. However, immigration attorneys have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/18\/us\/trump-deportations-venezuela-gang.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> their clients, who were deported, have no ties to the gang and were in the U.S. seeking asylum. Family members of the deportees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/families-deported-venezuelans-are-distraught-loved-ones-sent-el-salvad-rcna196950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">also denied<\/a> they had any affiliation with the gang.<\/p>\n<p>Boasberg ruled that planes carrying people being deported under the act&rsquo;s authority must turn around.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3349552\/white-house-denies-defying-court-order-deportation-venezuelan-gang-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> the plane was already in international airspace when the order was issued, so U.S. jurisdiction did not apply. The judge, however, said the plane&rsquo;s location did not affect the order.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3347140\/alien-enemies-act-donald-trump-1798-law-immigration-deportations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WHAT IS THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT? TRUMP INVOKES LAW TO SPEED UP DEPORTATIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You shall inform your clients of this immediately: Any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States,&rdquo; Boasberg said in his verbal order.<\/p>\n<p>The planes flying the deportees later landed in El Salvador, where the deportees were taken to a prison. This raised questions about whether the government defied the court order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2044685\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2044685\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge chides DOJ \u2018disobedience,\u2019 gives one-day extension to provide information on deportation flights U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has provided the Department of Justice with a one-day extension to answer his questions regarding Saturday\u2019s deportation flights to El Salvador. The judge issued a ruling to block the deportations while the flights were in the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2413875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/deportation-flight-judge.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/deportation-flight-judge.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}