WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday refused to provide details of a flight of deportation flight when a federal judge issued an order blocking calls to wartime laws used to approve the removal.

In a new court filing, the Justice Department said two deportations to El Salvador and Honduras were not subject to a restraining order from U.S. District Judge James Emmanuel Boasberg, as they were no longer in U.S. territory or airspace when the order was issued.

With notification The Justice Department, signed by Attorney General Pam Bondy, will not answer further questions about those flights as it contradicts Boasberg. Order late Monday Ask the management to answer four specific questions about operational details.

“The government argues that there is no justification to order additional information and that accepting the plaintiff’s explanation of facts is inappropriate to do so as it is not violated by the written order of the court (the order was issued because the relevant flight left the US airspace and the residents were “deleted”).

“The government supports these arguments.”

In response to the submission, Boasberg issued new orders and gave them to the administration until noon Wednesday, sealing those details.

Specifically, he asks what time the flight took off from the US when they landed in a designated country, when they landed from the US, when they landed abroad, when they were expelled, when they were exposed to the number of people on flights subject to alien enemy laws and alien enemy laws, when they left the US airspace, when they left the US airspace.

Ministry of Justice We are also discussing The oral order given by Boasberg was “not enforceable” because it was not a written order.

Fighting judicial orders

In a temporary restraining order banning President Donald Trump from invoking the alien enemy law of 1798, he detained and detained a suspected member of the Tren de Aragua gang, Boasberg was taken to El Salvedollor’s biggest security prison, instead of ordering flights carrying Venezuelan men back to the United States.

Boasburg on Monday It has requested a statement of oath from the Justice Department to determine whether the Trump administration relies on alien enemy laws and relies on alien enemy laws to deport Venezuelan men who flew to El Salvador.

In a notice signed by Bondi on Tuesday, the Justice Department also argued that “the government does not need to disclose sensitive information relating to national security and diplomacy.”

Another hearing before Boasburg will be set for Friday afternoon.

The authority to expel the country

Robert Cerna, acting field office director for US enforcement and removal operations for immigration and customs enforcement; said in a signed statement The migrants on the third deportation flight after Saturday’s restraining order were removed not under the alien enemy law but under another final removal agency known as Title 8.

“To avoid doubt, none of the flights departing the US after the 7:25pm EDT on March 15, 2025, was removed based on the declaration of issue,” he said.

Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order Saturday around 6:48pm. According to court filings. One of the flights landed in Honduras at 7:36pm in the eastern part, and the other in El Salvador at 8:02pm.

Cerna also made it clear that the president signed a declaration calling for wartime law on Friday, but ice understood that the declaration was in effect after the White House made it public on Saturday afternoon.

Serna said there will be around 258 additional immigrants eligible for the declaration. Of those people, Cerna said 54 were already in custody.

18th century law

The alien enemy law was only called three times when the US was fighting other countries. The latest was during World War II, which led to rapid detention and internment camps of citizens from Japan, Italy and Germany.

The United States is not war with other countries, and Congress has not approved the declaration of war. The Trump administration argued that it could invoke the act by designating the Tren de Aragua gang as a terrorist group.

The White House defended deportation flights and argued that it did not violate court orders.

White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said during a press conference Monday that he is confident the Trump administration will succeed in court.

She added that the US paid $6 million to El Salvador to detain 261 men deported to the country.

Appeal

The president opposes the temporary restraining order and, together with other federal judges who governed his administration, is seeking Boasberg’s blast each.

“This judge should be bounced each like many bent judges I’m forced to appear before!!! We don’t want vicious, violent, perceived criminals in our country, many of them crazy murderers.

It prompted a rare statement of responsibilities Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Secretary John G. Roberts.

“For over two centuries, it has been established that ammo each is not an appropriate response to differences in opinion over judicial decisions,” Roberts said. “There is a normal appeal review process for that purpose.”

The Trump administration has already appealed a temporary restraining order to the DC Court of Appeals.

In that appeal, the Justice Department asked the Court of Appeal to remove the case from Boasburg, having trouble with its decision to agree to a class action lawsuit, rather than applying the restraining order to the five men in the lawsuit.

The American Civil Liberties Union originally filed a lawsuit with five Venezuelan men, threatening to have “immediate removal” under the alien enemy law.

The case is likely to head to the US Supreme Court.

Last updated at 2:54pm, March 18, 2025