...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...
ns from the United States to a sprawling prison in El Salvador, even as a federal judge ordered their return to the US, Rooters reported.
The White House said in a statement that it wasn't defying the court but at the same time argued that it was perfectly within its rights to ignore the judge's ruling.
"A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an aircraft carrier full of foreign alien holy warriors who were physically expelled from US soil," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
A federal judge in Washington, DC, had earlier blocked President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
's application of the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century law best known for its use in rounding up US residents of Japanese descent and placing them in internment camps without trial during World War II.
Trump had sought to use the Act's seldom-used wartime powers to rapidly deport alleged members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that has been linked to kidnapping, extortion and contract killings.
In a Saturday evening hearing, US District Judge James Boasberg blocked the use of the law for 14 days, saying the statute refers to "hostile acts" perpetrated by another country that are "commensurate to war."
During the hearing, Boasberg said that any flights carrying
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