Noem confirms she approved deportation flights despite court order

 https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5627038-noem-confirms-el-salvador-deportation-flights-order/

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday confirmed that she instructed the federal government to carry out the deportation and transferring of Venezuelan detainees to El Salvador despite a court order halting the flights.

The administration has argued it was not obligated to follow the March directive from District Judge James Boasberg.

The latest DOJ filing states that Noem “directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador,” adding that the “decision was lawful and was consistent with a reasonable interpretation of the Court’s order.”