Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed that hundreds of Venezuelan men who were removed from the U.S. in March be transferred to El Salvador, despite a federal judge ordering deportation planes turned around, according to a new court filing from Trump administration lawyers.
In the filing late Tuesday, the Department of Justice said that DOJ and DHS officials conveyed their legal advice to Noem after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg gave first an oral directive and then a written order that sought to block the deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador,” DOJ said on Tuesday.
See the ® after her name, though? That means that she will never see the consequences of her actions.
Exactly. IOKIYAR.
Republicans rarely hold other Republicans to account, and Democrats often want to “look forward” even when Republicans have done war crimes and Democrats might be able to actually do something about it…