They used the Act to deport some 137 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador even after a federal court issued a temporary restraining order blocking such action.
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(NA)Whilethingsarenotcompletelyclear,evidenceincreasinglyindicatesthattheTrumpAdministrationviolatedacourtorderintheAlienEnemiesActcasecurrentlybeforeafederaldistrictcourtinWashington,DC.AdamIsaacsonandGeorgetownlawProf.MartyLedermanhavedetailedanalysesoftherelevantevidenceandlegalissues.Butthebottomlineisthat,onSaturdayMarch15,USDistrictJudgeJamesBoasbergissuedatemporaryrestrainingorderbarringtheadministrationfromusingtheAEAtodeportmigrantsfor14days,andspecificallyindicatingthattheymustturnaroundplanesthatmightbeintheairconductingsuchdeportations.Theadministrationnonethelessdecidednottoturnaroundtwoplanesthenintheair,andonemorethatwasabouttotakeoff.
Thesethreeplanesdeliveredatotalof137VenezuelanmigrantsdeportedundertheAEAtoElSalvador,wheretheyaregoingtobeimprisonedforatleastoneyeardoinghardlaborinthatcountry’snotoriouslyawfulprisonsystem.And,
