Judicial halt of deportation flights puts US foreign policy at risk, career State Dept official claims
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TheUnitedStates’foreignpolicycouldbeinjeopardyafterafederaljudgeordereddeportationflightswithVenezuelangangmembersbereturnedtothestates,acareerStateDepartmentofficialarguedinarecentcourtfiling.
MichaelKozak,SeniorBureauOfficialattheStateDepartment,wroteinadeclarationfiledMondaythat,“TheforeignpolicyoftheUnitedStateswouldsufferharmiftheremovalofindividualsassociatedwithTdAwereprevented,”giventhe“significanttimeandenergy”alreadyinvestedbyU.S.governmentofficials.
Obama-appointed,D.C.-basedJudgeJamesBoasbergissuedanorderSaturdaytoimmediatelyhaltanyplanneddeportationsofVenezuelannationalstoElSalvador.BoasbergalsoorderedtheTrumpadministrationtonotifytheirclientsthat“anyplanecontainingthesefolksthatisgoingtotakeofforisintheairneedstobereturnedt