White House Says Mass Deportations Will Continue as DOJ Contests Court Order

President Donald Trump will continue his mass deportations of illegal immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on March 19. This comes amid an ongoing legal battle between the Justice Department and a federal judge who ordered the flights to cease this past week. During a briefing at the White House on Wednesday, Leavitt said that Trump will continue with the mass deportations, and there are no new flights slated yet. “Americans can absolutely expect to see the continuation of the mass deportation campaign,” she said. “We have judges who are acting as partisan activists from the bench. … We will continue to comply with these court orders [and] we will continue to fight these battles in court.”...