The White House has criticized a federal judge’s attempt to stop the President Donald Trump administration’s recent deportation flights.

White House said that the judge’s move was deemed “too late” by the Central American leader who accepted the deportations over the weekend.

DAILY POST reports that Trump had on Friday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allows deportation of natives and citizens of an enemy nation without a hearing.

However, US District Judge James Boasberg ordered an immediate stop to the deportations in order to determine whether Trump’s invocation of the 1798 act was legal.

But a Trump government official told Fox News that the planes carrying the migrants had already left US airspace when the judge issued his order.

In a statement to Fox News on Sunday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the Trump administration “did not ‘refuse to comply’ with a court order.”

“The order, which had no lawful basis, was issued after terrorist (Tren de Aragua) aliens had already been removed from U.S. territory. The written order and the Administration’s actions do not conflict.

“Moreover, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear – federal courts generally have no jurisdiction over the President’s conduct of foreign affairs,” Leavitt said.

A total of 261 illegal aliens were deported from the US to El Salvador on Sunday.

The migrants were alleged to have involved in kidnapping, sexual abuse of a child, aggravated assault, prostitution, robbery and aggravated assault of a police officer.

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