A judge barred the removal of Venezuelan gang members from the United States because he does not believe an 18th century wartime declaration applies, former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano told Newsmax Monday.
U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order Saturday temporarily blocking the deportations, but lawyers told him there were already two planes with immigrants in the air — one headed for El Salvador, the other for Honduras. Boasberg verbally ordered the planes be turned around, but they apparently were not, and he did not include the directive in his written order.
“It is admittedly unusual for a judge to order the military to turn a plane around mid-flight, but the court does have the authority to do so,” Napolitano told Newsmax’s “National Report.”
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