US judge warns govt against violating deportation order

A US judge on Wednesday warned President Donald Trump's administration of potential consequences if he finds it violated his order, even as he extended his deadline for govt to provide more details about flights deporting Venezuelan migrants.
Washington-based US district judge James Boasberg said the administration could also invoke the state secrets doctrine, which protects sensitive national security information from being disclosed in civil litigation, and explain why it is doing so rather than provide details. The order came after the administration said he was improperly intruding on presidential discretion to handle sensitive diplomatic and national security matters, the latest escalation in a confrontation between executive and judicial branches of US govt.