Trump ignores court order pausing use of wartime act, carries out deportations of Venezuelan gang members: Live
The Trump administration revealed on Sunday that it had deported hundreds of people from the U.S. after President Donald Trump invoked a wartime law to speed up the deportations of people connected to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
The announcement was made in the face of a court order from a federal judge temporarily blocking the administration’s ability to use the law, the Alien Enemies Act, on Saturday night, and ordered any planes currently flying migrants out of the country to turn around. The judge stated that the restraining order would remain in effect for two weeks “or until further order of the court.”
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said that the Department of Homeland Security had arrested almost 300 members of the Venezuelan gang this weekend. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier on Sunday that “hundreds of violent criminals were sent out of our country” following Trump’s Saturday measures.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has launched military strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The Houthi-run health ministry said that at least 31 people were killed. Trump said the strikes would continue until the Houthis stopped their attacks on shipping vessels off the coast.
