Government provides some details about deportation flights in response to judge
CBSN
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer provided new details about the Trump administration's deportation flights of alleged gang members, but continued to argue the government had a right to reject a judge's order directing the planes to return to the U.S., even if they were already in the air.
According to a sworn declaration by Robert Cerna, the acting field office director of ICE's enforcement and removal operations, the two planes "departed U.S. territory and airspace before 7:25 p.m." on Saturday — 40 minutes after D.C. District Chief Judge James Boasberg verbally ordered the planes to be returned to the U.S. during a hearing Saturday evening.
The government reiterated Tuesday that because the planes were over international waters and airspace by the time the judge ordered them to turn around, Boasberg no longer had jurisdiction over the migrants.
