Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets

Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets

Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El SalvadorThe Trump administration invoked the “state secrets” privilege to avoid providing more information to a federal judge regarding this month’s highly contentious immigrant expulsions to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.The administration’s invocation of the privilege is a further escalation in Donald Trump’s immigration-related batt…

Trump refuses to answer questions about deportation flights, citing ‘state secrets’

Officials tell Judge Boasberg that ‘no further information will be provided’ after a weeklong standoff

Trump Administration Cites Alien Enemies Act as It Plans New Extraditions

By citing the act, the administration seems to be highlighting its aggressive posture without taking steps that might be deemed to violate a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge.

Flight plans are a state secret, but war plans are not

That’s the inevitable conclusion when the government is arguing that information about a plane full of deported migrants must be kept confidential, even from a judge who used to serve on the national surveillance court, while the accidental revelation of a pending military attack