The showdown between President Trump’s Department of Justice and a federal judge over deportation flights to El Salvador is turning into a closely watched test of executive power. On Saturday night, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued a verbal order blocking Trump from using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport noncitizens, but all three planes left and landed in El Salvador.
WSJ explores what we know about the planes and why the timing of those flights matter.
Chapters:
0:00 The legal showdown
0:27 Timeline of events
2:41 What’s next?
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