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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets

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Relatives of Venezuelan immigrants deported from the US to El Salvador demand on March 24 that they be repatriated in Caracas. Photograph: Pedro Mattey/AFP/Getty Images

The Trump administration invoked the “state secrets” privilege to avoid providing more information to a federal judge regarding this month’s highly contentious immigrant expulsions to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.

The administration’s invocation of the privilege is a further escalation in Donald Trump’s immigration-related battle against the federal judiciary.

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