Timeline: Trump's race against courts to deport alleged gang members under Alien Enemies Act
Source: ABC News
Timeline: Trump's race against courts to deport alleged gang members under Alien Enemies Act
Hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members were sent to El Salvador.
ByPeter Charalambous, Laura Romero, Ely Brown, James Hill, and Katherine Faulders
March 17, 2025, 5:07 AM
While the White House insists it has complied with a recent court order temporarily blocking the president from invoking a rarely used wartime authority, ABC News' review of flight data and court documents suggests the Trump administration ignored the court's ruling.
The dispute came after President Donald Trump invoked a centuries-old law that would give him the ability to deport any noncitizen with little to no due process.
After a group of noncitizens -- alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua -- sued to prevent their imminent deportations, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to direct two flights carrying noncitizens back to the United States more than 45 minutes before the first of the two flights landed in Honduras.
Both flights carrying noncitizens took off from Valley International Airport in Texas during a break in an emergency court hearing about the legality of the deportations, and the flights were in the air when Judge Boasberg issued his final decision.
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