President Donald Trump argues the administration cannot release information regarding the deportation of Tren de Aragua gang members. (Getty Images)
Bondi issued the filing to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which is hearing arguments in the Trump administration's emergency appeal of a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked its use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
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Congress passed the Alien Enemies Act immigration law in 1798, and it has since been used only several times in U.S. history, most recently during World War II.
Judge James Boasberg initially contested Trump's deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty)
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Boasberg held a fact-finding hearing on Monday night, where he ordered the Trump administration to submit more information on the flights, including information on how planes departed the U.S. that were carrying any people who were deported "solely on the basis" of that proclamation, how many individuals were on each plane, where the planes landed and what time each plane took off from the U.S., and from where.
Boasberg imposed a Tuesday noon deadline to submit the information and also ordered the parties to appear in court again on Friday.
Fox News' Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report
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