On Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi endorsed the Trump administration’s assertion of state secrets over details of the Tren de Aragua deportation flights.
In a Monday night court filing, claims from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem show specific details of how and when Tren de Aragua gang members were deported on planes last week they are covered under state secrets privilege and do not need to be provided to the court. (RELATED: Report: Trump Admin To Extradite 3 Alleged Tren De Aragua Members To Chile)
“The Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Security have each submitted a declaration asserting a formal claim of state secrets privilege regarding disclosure of the information sought in the March 18, 2025 Minute Order,” Bondi wrote to the court.
“Those declarations reflect the studied and well-supported conclusion of each Secretary that disclosure of the information, even ex parte and in camera, would cause significant harm to the foreign relations and national security interests of the United States,” she added.
Bondi issued the filing to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which is hearing arguments in the Trump administration’s emergency appeal of a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked its use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. (RELATED: DeSantis Floats Potential Workaround As Judges Attempt To Sabotage Trump Agenda)
Last week, Obama-appointed, D.C.-based Judge James Boasberg issued an order to immediately halt any planned deportations of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador. A plane carrying hundreds of U.S. migrants, including Venezuelan nationals removed under the law, arrived in El Salvador hours later despite the order. (RELATED: Trump Admin Justifies Deporting Hundreds Of Alleged Gang Members Despite Court Order)
The move has triggered a wave of backlash, including Trump-backed efforts by House Republicans to impeach Judge Boasberg. (RELATED: Chief Justice Roberts Stands Firm Against Trump’s Impeachment Remarks)
Trump in a post on Truth Social decried U.S. District Court Judge Boasberg as a “troublemaker and agitator.”
“I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do,” Trump posted. “This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!”
Fox News reports that Boasberg held a fact-finding hearing on Monday night, where he ordered the Trump administration to submit more information on the flights, including information on how planes departed the U.S. that were carrying any people who were deported “solely on the basis” of that proclamation, how many individuals were on each plane, where the planes landed and what time each plane took off from the U.S., and from where.
Boasberg imposed a Tuesday noon deadline to submit the information.
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I guess Judge Boasberg prefers criminals over good honest citizens. Illegal aliens should have no rights whatsoever in this country as they did not use the right path to citizenship.
Mark Levin Says District Court Judge Flunked ‘Judging 101’ In Effort To Block Deportation Of Gangsters
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Levin warned that the injunctions were a potential constitutional crisis and threatened to usurp powers that belonged to the president.
“This whole thing is becoming a sham. The American people are losing faith in the judiciary. We can’t have a judicial oligarchy of unelected judges at the trial court level who aren’t even in the Constitution telling the president what to do on human resources, on the border, on deporting criminal illegal aliens,” Levin said.