Trump administration response on Venezuela deportations 'woefully insufficient,' judge says

Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, at the El Salvador International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 16, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration's response to a judicial request for more details on the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants was "woefully insufficient," a judge said on Thursday.

Washington-based U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is weighingwhether administration officials violated his order intended to temporarily block the expulsions. In an order on Thursday, the judge told officials to explain by March 25 why their failure to bring the deported migrants back to the United States did not violate his order.