The White House has denied the charges of rights groups that violate due process violations on weekends when deported.
A group of suspected Venezuelan gang members, plus 23 international MS-13 gang members, were sent to a prison in El Salvador, USA. Some people have been evacuated from the country, which has not been used since World War II.
The move was carried out despite the judge placing a temporary obstacle. The White House said the judge’s order itself was illegal and was issued after the organization was deported.
Neither the U.S. government nor El Salvador identified the detainees, nor provided details of alleged crimes or gang membership.
Trump accused Tren de Aragua (TDA) of “invading or predatory invasion or predatory invasion” of U.S. territory when he announced the move Saturday.
He invoked the Foreign Enemy Act – a legislation dating back to 1798 to allow the deportation of non-citizens during war or invasion. The campaigners questioned Trump’s reasons.
A senior government official told CBS News, a U.S. partner of the BBC, that the bill was used to deal with 137 out of 261 people.
The basis for the evacuation of other evictions from the United States is unclear and details of the entire group have not been disclosed.
Several relatives of the man are believed to have told The New York Times that their relatives have no gang relationship.
The order to stop deportation came from U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg, who asked for a 14-day pause before further legal arguments.
After the lawyer told him that the deported plane had taken off, the judge reportedly issued a verbal order asking the plane to turn back, although the order did not form part of his written ruling.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that the court ruling had been broken. “The government has not ‘rejected to comply with the court orders,” she said.
“The order without a legal basis was issued after the terrorist TDA (Tren de Aragua) aliens had already evacuated from U.S. territory.”
The Justice Department responded to Levitt, saying the deported person had left before the judge’s ruling – it had appealed.
The case raises constitutional questions because government agencies are expected to comply with the federal judge’s ruling under the U.S. checks and balances system.
El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele confirmed the arrival of deportation. “Oops… it’s too late,” he wrote on social media about the judge’s order. His team also published footage of some men inside one of the big Jills (Mega-Jails).
Rights groups accuse Trump of using a 227-year-old law to circumvent due process.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) questioned Trump’s use of a sweeping wartime authorization that allows rapid deportation. “I think by invoking that law, we are in very dangerous territory in the United States,” said Lee Gelernt of the group.
Gallent said the Foreign Enemy Act only allows deportation if the United States declares a war with foreign governments or is invaded. He told BBC News: “The gang did not invade.”
The bill was last used during World War II to train Japanese civilians.
What’s worse is the fact: “The government says no one can review what they are doing”.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International said the deportations were another example of the Trump administration targeting Venezuelan racists “based on a comprehensive claim to gang affiliation.”
Venezuela itself criticized Trump, saying he “has committed an unjust criminal offense by immigrants in Venezuela.”
Trump’s latest deportation under his second term is part of the president’s long-term illegal immigration campaign.
The U.S. president also took ties with El Salvador.
After Trump returned to the White House in January, Trump announced that two gangs targeting the weekend’s deportation were declared “foreign terrorist organizations.”
