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Oopsie… Too late.”
Its president, Nayib Bukele, posted a screenshot about the judge’s order, with a message
A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an aircraft carrier full of foreign alien terrorists who were physically expelled from U.S. soil,
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The Administration did not ‘refuse to comply’ with a court order. The order, which had no lawful basis, was issued after terrorist (Tren de Aragua) aliens had already been removed from U.S. territory,
Leavitt said
We never should have allowed him in, in the first place. If he had told us, ‘I’m going over there and I’m going over there to become the spokesperson and one of the leaders of a movement that’s going to turn one of your allegedly elite colleges upside down’ — people can’t even go to school, library buildings being vandalized — we never would have let him in,
Rubio saidGiving them this wide latitude to just … claim that anybody is anything is wrong,
Texas Democratic Rep Jasmine Crockett told TapperWe expect the executive branch to follow the law. We have said in the past that we will follow the law … we are a constitutional republic, and we will follow those laws.”
But he addedThe result is a hybrid criminal state that is perpetrating an invasion of and predatory incursion into the United States, and which poses a substantial danger to the United States,
the US president had said
Moreover, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear – federal courts generally have no jurisdiction over the President’s conduct of foreign affairs, his authorities under the Alien Enemies Act, and his core Article II powers to remove foreign alien terrorists from U.S. soil and repel a declared invasion,
Leavitt added
Thanks to the great work of the Department of State, these heinous monsters were extracted and removed to El Salvador where they will no longer be able to pose any threat to the American People,
it said
They were already outside of US airspace. We believe the order is not applicable,
a second senior administration official said
There was a discussion about how far the judge's ruling can go under the circumstances and over international waters and, on advice of counsel, we proceeded with deporting these thugs,
a senior official saidThis is headed to the Supreme Court. And we're going to win,
a senior White House official saidWe wanted them on the ground first, before a judge could get the case, but this is how it worked out,
a senior White House official saidPresident @nayibbukele is not only the strongest security leader in our region, he’s also a great friend of the U.S.,
Rubio said in an X postThank you to El Salvador and, in particular, President Bukele, for your understanding of this horrible situation, which was allowed to happen to the United States because of incompetent Democrat leadership,
Trump wroteWe did not defy a court order. The order came too late, and illegals were already in international airspace,
the official said, as first reported by AxiosAs always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime,
he addedIf anyone was turned over to a foreign government after the court's order, then we would hope that the United States government would work with that foreign government to get the individuals back,
said ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt
Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country.”
Bukele announced the action Sunday on X, saying
Now that Congress has shown itself subservient to the wishes of the White House, the judiciary is the last check against the exercise of autocratic power in the president,
Gillers said