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Pedro Camacho

White House Says Judge Was 'Too Slow' on Deportation Ruling: 'We Played a Little Game of Catch Me If You Can'

President Donald Trump (Credit: Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

White House Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields has defended the Trump administration's decision to deport some 250 Venezuelan nationals over the weekend despite a federal judge's order to halt the flights, saying that the judiciary acted too slowly to intervene.

In an interview with NewsNation, Fields said that:

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