Abhishek Kambli defends Trump's deportation actions legally

Abhishek Kambli, a lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice and of Indian origin, defended the Trump administration's deportation of gang members. This took place against a judge's order from James Boasberg, who ruled that deportations under the wartime Aliens Act needed a hearing. The judge's verbal order stated that if planes carrying deportees were already in the air, they should return. However, three planes carrying members of the Tren de Aragua gang landed in El Salvador instead. Kambli argued that the judge's decision was not complete until it was written down. Kambli noted that the written order did not include any specific instruction to turn planes around. According to a timeline from the New York Times, the first deportation flight took off from Texas before the judge issued his verbal order. Two more flights followed shortly after. When the judge's written order was posted, it was noted at 7:26 PM but still lacked the turn-around instruction. The sequence of events highlights the urgent nature of deportation and the legal complexities involved. Kambli insisted that the Trump administration did not act against the judge's order, as they felt the complete decision had not yet been received.