Timeline of Trump’s Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge’s Order
Posted on: Mar 18, 2025 06:11 IST | Posted by: Nytimes
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A New York Times review of flight data showed that at the time of a federal judge’s order, two flights were in the air, and one had not yet taken off.
Luke BroadwaterAlbert Sun and Annie Correal
Luke Broadwater reported from Washington, Albert Sun from New York and Annie Correal from Mexico City.
The federal judge’s ruling was clear: The Trump administration could not use an obscure wartime law from the 18th century to deport people without a hearing.
If any planes were already in the air, the judge said, they should turn back.
That did not happen. Instead, the Trump administration sent more than 200 migrants to El Salvador over the weekend, including alleged gang members, on three planes.
A New York Times review of the flight data showed that none of the planes in question landed in El Salvador before the judge’s order, and that one of them did not even leave American soil until after the judge’s written order was posted online.
During a Monday court hearing, a Justice Department lawyer argued that the White House had not defied the order by the judge, James E. Boasberg of the Federal District Court in Washington.
The lawyer, Abhishek Kambli, argued that the judge’s decision was not complete until it was codified in written form. And — crucial to the government’s explanation — the written version did not include the specific instruction to turn planes around.
Mr. Kambli also argued that while the third plane contained deportees, their cases were not covered by the judge’s order.
This map shows the planes’ positions at 6:48 p.m. On March 15. ICE had chartered the planes, which carried hundreds of Venezuelans from Texas to El Salvador with a stop in Honduras.
Harlingen,
Texas
Gulf of
Mexico
3rd plane
2nd plane
MEXICO
1st plane
Pacific
Ocean
Guatemala
Comayagua,
Honduras
All three flights landed in Honduras
between 7:30 and 9:50 p.m. And
took off for El Salvador between
11:30 p.m. And 1 a.m.
San Salvador,
El Salvador
NICARAGUA
3rd plane
Harlingen,
Texas
Gulf of
Mexico
2nd plane
1st plane
MEXICO
Comayagua,
Honduras
Guatemala
All three flights
landed in Honduras
between 7:30 and
9:50 p.m. And took
off for El Salvador
between 11:30 p.m.
and 1 a.m.
San Salvador,
El Salvador
NICARAGUA
Pacific
Ocean
Source: Flightradar24
Note: All times Eastern.
By Albert Sun
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