The US federal judge said the government “was avoiding its obligations” to answer his questions about the deportations of this weekend to the alleged members of the Venezuelan band.
James Boasberg, the best federal judge in Washington, provided the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice on Thursday, provides information on the deportation of the Salvador venezel government by plane.
They provided a declaration of six paragraph from an immigration employee, saying that cabinet secretaries were considering referring to the privilege of state secrets and did not give information about the fields he requested.
Judge Boasberg ordered the government last Saturday to stop deportment flights, but the White House said the planes had already taken off.
The declaration on Thursday by a regional employee of immigration and customs law enforcement (ICE) also repeated shared information.
In the government answers, they said they needed more than 24 hours to think carefully whether to “invoke the privilege of state secrets”, allowing federal authorities to refuse sensitive information on national security in court cases.
But Judge Boasberg seemed disappointed with this protection.
“For starters, the government cannot fulfill a regional ICE employee to testify to discussions at the cabinet level of the privilege of the Secret State; indeed his declaration on this issue is not surprising, based solely on his unjustified” understanding (ing), “he writes.
He gave the Trump administration administration on Friday to provide an update by someone who was directly involved in discussions on deportation aircraft.
Trump this weekend referred to the rarely used law on the enemies of aliens and deported over 200 Venezuelans, claiming that almost everyone is members of the band Tren de Aragua.
An immigration lawyer working on behalf of one of the deported men, told the court on Thursday that her client is a professional football player in Venezuela without a criminal record, CBS News reported, the US partner of the BBC reported.
The man Jers Reyes Barios applied for asylum to escape from political persecution, his lawyer argued, saying he was falsely accused of being linked to Tren de Aragua for a tattoo on his hand.
The lawyer said the tattoo honored the football team Real Madrid.
The flights – which are Barios and others were on board – were stopped by Judge Boasberg orally over the weekend. Any flights that are currently in the air had to be turned back.
But the White House said planes are already in international airspace, arguing that the judge's order is invalid.
On Monday, Judge Boasberg wanted to hear from the Trump administration lawyer why flights did not return to the United States.
He will also hold a pre -planned hearing for the use of the Law on Alien enemies on Friday.