Cartwright’s database shows that ICE has carried out 267 deportation flights under Trump, and that the president is using military-transport planes—whose operating costs are three to five times as high as conventional passenger aircrafts’—at an unprecedented rate.

The temporary restraining order is aimed at protecting migrants from deportation to countries other than those identified in immigration proceedings.

Federal Judge James Boasberg ordered an extension of a temporary restraining order against deportation flights implemented by the Trump administration using the Alien Enemies Act. Boasberg has been at the center of MAGA fury this month as he has presided over the case involving the administration's deportation of migrants through President Donald Trump's implementation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

The Republican promised mass deportations of illegal immigrants, focusing on known serious and violent criminals, such as those in transnational criminal gangs like TdA. He also said upward of 11 million people could be removed from the country, referencing those without legal status. Many have been in the U.S. for decades.

The Trump administration asked the justices to allow it to use a wartime law to continue deportations of Venezuelans with little or no due process.

Donald Trump doubles down on his primary campaign promise to restrict both legal and illegal immigration to the United States. Immigration authorities have arrested another university student and are considering a proposal to collect social media data from individuals applying for legal immigration status.