NOEM DEFENDS DHS DEPORTATION FLIGHTS DESPITE JUDGE'S ORDER; DOJ DETAILS EL SALVADOR TRANSFERS
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she authorized continuing deportation flights to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s March order, calling the jurist an “activist” while DOJ argues the detainees were outside U.S. territory. Judge James Boasberg is conducting a contempt inquiry into whether the administration defied his command. The episode involves roughly 100 Venezuelan deportees and underscores executive resistance to judicial limits on removals.
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