Judge Says Trump Admin’s Response on Deportations ‘Woefully Insufficient’

The White House has said the mass deportations will continue as it contests the judge’s order.

Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, at the El Salvador International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on March 16, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters

A federal judge said on March 20 that the Trump administration’s response to his request for more information on the timing of deportation flights shuttling hundreds of Venezuelan nationals out of the United States was “woefully insufficient” and accused officials of shirking their responsibilities under his order that called for the flights to cease.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is considering whether the administration violated his March 15 order that temporarily blocked the deportation flights amid a pending lawsuit from several anonymous Venezuelan nationals.