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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced connected Sunday that hundreds of members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) pack person been deported nether the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, adjacent arsenic a national justice ordered the removals beryllium temporarily stopped.
“Under the President’s direction, his medication invoked the Alien Enemies Act to initiate the removal of hundreds of unsafe members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a vicious and convulsive Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), which has been threatening our nation, conducting irregular warfare, and terrorizing Americans,” Rubio said successful a connection Sunday.
“Hundreds of convulsive criminals were sent retired of our country. This important measurement would person ne'er happened nether immoderate different U.S. president. President Trump is pursuing done connected the promises helium made to the American people,” helium added.
Rubio’s announcement comes a time aft U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump medication halt deportations for individuals deemed eligible for removal nether Trump’s bid for 14 days, arsenic a effect of the suit filed by Democracy Forward and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
But Boasberg, successful a virtual proceeding connected Saturday, signaled that 2 planes with immigrants were successful the aerial already, astatine the clip of the bid — 1 headed for El Salvador and the different for Honduras, The Associated Press reported.
Boasberg verbally ordered that the planes beryllium turned around, according to the AP, but they seemingly were not and the directive was not included successful the written order.
“Any level containing these folks that is going to instrumentality disconnected oregon is successful the aerial needs to beryllium returned to the United States,” Boasberg told Justice Department officials connected Saturday.
The immigrants were deported nether an statement Rubio negotiated with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, who agreed to imprison the deported alleged pack members successful speech for the U.S. returning 2 apical leaders of MS-13 and 21 of its astir wanted alleged criminals “to look justness successful their homeland,” according to Rubio.
“President Bukele has shown helium is not lone the strongest information person successful our region, he’s besides a large person of the United States,” Rubio said successful a statement, thanking Bukele for “playing a pivotal relation successful this transfer.”
