New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was the Trump administration official who decided not to comply with a federal judge's order to halt the mid-flight deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, according to a Justice Department filing released on Tuesday (November 25).

The DOJ's disclosure marks the most detailed account yet of a chaotic episode from March, when flights carrying Venezuelan detainees continued toward El Salvador despite emergency directives from US District Judge James Boasberg to keep them in the United States.

The filing names several senior figures involved in the decision, including:

Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary

Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General

Judge ...