Trump admin live updates: Trump rescinds security clearances for former opponents

Before departing the White House, President Donald Trump was asked about Judge James Boasberg's question to the Department of Justice on Friday on why the proclamation was "signed in the dark ... and why people were rushed onto planes."

Trump seemed to distance himself from the situation, saying, "Other people handled it."

"But Marco Rubio has done a great job, and he wanted them out," he added. "And we go along with that. We want to get criminals out of our country."

-ABC News' Molly Nagle

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Friday that the agency and its law enforcement partners have arrested 68 alleged Tren de Aragua members over the last 48 hours under the president's Alien Enemies Act proclamation and the designation of the gang as a foreign terrorist organization.

These arrests come as a temporary restraining order prevents the administration from deporting alleged Tren de Aragua members to the notorious prison known as CECOT in El Salvador.

-ABC News' Armando Garcia and Luke Barr

The Department of Homeland Security shuttered the Office of Civil Liberties on Friday, former and current officials told ABC News.

According to the Department, the "Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) supports the Department's mission to secure the nation while preserving individual liberty, fairness, and equality under the law."

Officials were placed on administrative leave for 60 days so they are able to search for other jobs and will be fired in May, according to a source.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

Elon Musk was slated to attend a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that would touch on China, among other things, two United States officials told ABC News -- but that plan changed after The New York Times reported Musk would be briefed on potential China war plans.

The meeting between Musk and the Joint Chiefs was to be at the unclassified level and attended virtually by Adm. Sam Paparo, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, one official said.

But some time between the publication of The New York Times story on Thursday and Musk's visit to the Pentagon Friday morning, the visit turned into just a meeting with Hegseth.

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-ABC News' Luis Martinez