Over the weekend, the Trump government invoked war powers to deport hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the United States to El Salvador. This occurred amid an action by a federal judge who ordered the government to stop the deportations.
The American judge gave the government until Tuesday (18) to explain why the authorities believed they had fulfilled the order.
See what is known about the case:
President Donald Trump’s government deported more than 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador over the weekend who, according to him, were members of the Aragua Tren, a Venezuelan gang that was linked to kidnapping, extortion and commissioned murders.
This happened even with Judge James Boomberg temporarily blocking the government to use a war law to make the deportations.
Bomberg had previously instructed the government to provide details about the moment of the flights that transported the Venezuelans to El Salvador, including if they took off after their order was issued.
He rebuked the government lawyer for the administration response during a hearing on Monday. “Why are you appearing today without answers?” Bomberg asked. The hearing took place after a government request to remove the judge from the case.
This Monday’s session was also motivated by an emergency hearing on Saturday, in which the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights group, requested that Bomberg issued a two -week temporary blockade to use the 1798 foreign enemy law by Trump to make deportations.
The White House said on Sunday that federal courts have no jurisdiction over Trump’s authority to expel foreign enemies under the 18th century law, historically used only in times of war.
In a lawsuit just before Monday’s hearing, the Trump government said a spoken director of the judge on Saturday to return any planes that transported the migrants “was not executable” because it was not in a written order.
Administration said it did not violate the subsequent written order of Bomberg by prohibiting immigration authorities to remove migrants because the planes had already departed when it was issued.
But the judge said he still wanted to know when the flights left, where they were going, when they left US airspace, and when they landed in a foreign country. He also asked when the individuals were transferred to foreign custody.
“There is a lot of national operational security and foreign relations at risk,” said ABHISHEK KAMBLI, a US Department of Justice lawyer, explaining why Trump administration has resisted sharing information.
Bomberg ordered the government until noon on Tuesday to provide details such as the time of flights and flights of flights in foreign countries, the number of people deported and why the government did not believe it could make this information public.
The judge did not say if the government violated Saturday’s orders. He repeatedly pressed Kambli, who said there were matters he could not share publicly.
EVENT TIME LINE
March 15 before noon, local time: The US district judge James Bomberg issues a written order by temporarily blocking the government of removing five specific individuals who processed the government by using the Enemies Law by President Donald Trump.
March 15 at 5 pm, at local time: Bomberg’s hearing begins, according to a reporter for CNN that covers the procedures.
March 15 at 5:22 pm, local time: The Court’s hearing is closed for a break, according to a reporter for CNN covering the procedures
March 15 at 5:26 pm, local time: The first flight transporting non -deportation citizens, Globalx flight 6143, part of Harlingen, Texas, according to Flightradar24 data, a live air traffic tracker.
March 15 at 5:45 pm, local time: A second flight transporting non -deportation citizens, Globalx flight 6145, part of Harlingen, Texas, according to FlightRadar24.
March 15 at 18h00, local time: The Court’s hearing is resumed, according to a reporter from CNN covering the procedures.
March 15 between 18h45 and 6:48 pm, local time: Bomberg verbally tells the Justice Department lawyers that they need to go beyond any plane transporting someone being deported under the law of foreign enemies. The exact moment for this statement is based on what the defendants who sued the Trump government have placed in a court case.
March 15 at 7:26 pm, local time: The judge’s written order is published in the online federal process system known as Pacer, according to lawyers who sued the Trump government. The brief order written did not specifically include language on giving ride on flights.
March 15 at 7:36 pm, local time: The first flight transporting non -deportation citizens, Globalx flight 6143 arrives in Comayagua, Honduras, according to FlightTardar24.
March 15 at 7:37 pm, local time: The third flight transporting non -deportation citizens, Globalx flight 6122, part of Harlingen, Texas, according to FlightRadar24.
March 15 at 8:08 pm, local time: The second flight transporting non -deportation citizens, Globalx flight 6145 lands in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at 8:08 pm, according to FlightRadar24.
March 15 at 9:52 pm, local time: The third flight transporting non -citizens for deportation, Globalx flight 6122, arrives in San Salvador, in El Salvador, according to FlightRadar24.
March 15 at 11:37 pm, local time: The second flight transporting non -citizens for deportation continues his journey, starting from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, according to FlightTar24
March 16 at 00h21, at local time: The second flight transporting non -citizens for deportation ends his journey, landing in San Salvador, El Salvador, according to the FlightTadar24.
March 16 around 3:46 pm, local time: The Justice Department sends a notification to the judge, recognizing his decisions, but also saying that some people have already been deported “before the issuance of the second order of this Court”, referring specifically to the written decision of Bomberg published in the case on Saturday (15) at 19:26 at local time.
With information from Reuters.
This content was originally published in Veja what is known about the case of Venezuelans deported in the US on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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