Liz Oyer, a former pardon attorney for the Department of Justice (DOJ), said she believes President Trump is “determined” to “demolish the rule of law.” Oyer, who was ousted from the DOJ earlier

After Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act, the ACLU sued to stop the deportations, which were already in the process of happening on Saturday. Planes were in the air, and based on the publicly available information, at least some of the people being flown to El Salvador had not been handed over to that country yet when the judge issued his ruling.

Trump’s administration has defied a judge’s order and sent more than 200 alleged gang members to a prison in El Salvador. But the administration is facing a huge backlash after the deportees were put on a plane without any judicial proceedings.