'Woefully insufficient': US judge reams Trump admin for days-late deportation info
The refusal to comply is the latest in an escalating standoff between the Trump administration and federal courts
By Breanne Deppisch Fox News
Published March 20, 2025 5:33pm EDT
A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration missed a court deadline to disclose details on deportation flights to El Salvador, escalating President Donald Trump's ongoing legal battle with the judiciary.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said that the government's lawyers failed to meet the deadline he set for them to submit information about the administration's deportation flights, which included individuals who were targeted for immediate removal under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, and whether they knowingly defied his court order.
In a blistering order sent Thursday evening, the judge noted that the government "again evaded its obligations" to submit information about the flights, even after he offered the opportunity for them to do so under seal. The filing they did submit was hours late and failed to answer his questions.
Instead, he said, the court was sent a six-paragraph declaration from a regional ICE office director in Harlingen, Texas, which notified the court that Cabinet secretaries are "actively considering whether to invoke the state secrets [act] privileges over the other facts requested by the Court’s order."
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