The White House said on Sunday that deportation flights carrying Venezuelan immigrants suspected of being members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang—a U.S.-designated terrorist organization—did not conflict with a judge’s order that blocked such actions because the ruling was issued after the flights had already left U.S. territory.
“The Administration did not ‘refuse to comply’ with a court order,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
