March 16, 2025executiveseparation of powersjudicial defiancedeportationcontempt of courtexecutive defiance
Trump officials defy Boasberg TRO deportation flights proceed to El Salvador
Despite Judge Boasberg's emergency TRO, Trump administration officials including ICE Director Tom Homan and Department of Homeland Security leadership refuse to halt the deportation flights. The planes continue to El Salvador and land at CECOT detention facility. White House statement asserts that executive authority over immigration supersedes judicial orders in national emergency contexts.