Over the weekend, the Trump administration invoked wartime powers to deport a whole lot of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the US to El Salvador. After a lawsuit was filed, a federal choose ordered the administration to cease the deportations, for now.
Here’s a timeline of the occasions (all occasions Japanese):
March 15 earlier than midday: US District Decide James Boasberg points a written order briefly blocking the federal government from eradicating 5 particular people who sued the administration over President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act.
March 15 at 5:00 p.m.: Boasberg’s listening to begins, in line with a CNN reporter masking the proceedings.
March 15 at 5:22 p.m.: The courtroom listening to adjourns for a break, in line with a CNN reporter masking the proceedings
March 15 at 5:26 p.m.: The primary flight carrying non-citizens for deportation, GlobalX Flight 6143, departs from Harlingen, Texas, in line with FlightRadar24 information, a reside air visitors tracker.
March 15 at 5:45 p.m.: A second flight carrying non-citizens for deportation, GlobalX Flight 6145, departs from Harlingen, Texas, in line with FlightRadar24.
March 15 at 6:00 p.m.: The courtroom listening to resumes, in line with a CNN reporter masking the proceedings.
March 15 between 6:45 p.m. and 6:48 p.m.: Boasberg verbally tells Justice Division attorneys that they should flip round any planes carrying anybody being deported underneath the Alien Enemies Act. The precise timing for this utterance is predicated on what the defendants who sued the Trump administration put in a courtroom submitting.
March 15 at 7:26 p.m.: The choose’s written order is posted to the net federal docket system generally known as PACER, in line with the attorneys who sued the Trump administration. The temporary written order didn’t particularly embrace language about turning flights round.
March 15 at 7:36 p.m.: The primary flight carrying non-citizens for deportation, GlobalX Flight 6143, arrives in Comayagua, Honduras, in line with FlightRadar24.
March 15 at 7:37 p.m.: The third flight carrying non-citizens for deportation, GlobalX Flight 6122, departs from Harlingen, Texas, in line with FlightRadar24.
March 15 at 8:08 p.m.: The second flight carrying non-citizens for deportation, GlobalX Flight 6145, lands in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at 8:08 p.m., in line with FlightRadar24.
March 15 at 9:52 p.m.: The third flight carrying non-citizens for deportation, GlobalX Flight 6122, arrives in San Salvador, El Salvador in line with FlightRadar24.
March 15 at 11:37 p.m.: The second flight carrying non-citizens for deportations continues its journey, departing from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in line with FlightRadar24
March 16 at 12:21 a.m.: The second flight carrying non-citizens for deportations finishes its journey, touchdown in San Salvador, El Salvador, in line with FlightRadar24.
March 16 round 3:46 p.m.: The Justice Division submits a discover to the choose, acknowledging his rulings, but in addition saying some individuals have been already deported “earlier than the issuance of this Courtroom’s second order,” particularly referring to Boasberg’s written ruling posted to the docket at 7:26 p.m.