The Trump administration argued Wednesday that it did not violate a federal judge's restraining order detailing required due process for certain deportations to third-party countries because of a technicality.

Why it matters: Attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that it had complied with Judge Brian E. Murphy's order because the Department of Defense (DOD), rather than DHS, carried out the deportations in question.

Catch up quick: Plaintiffs in the case had challenged the Trump admin's practice of deporting people to a country other than their own without giving them notice or a chance to contest their removal.

• Murphy had previously told the Trump admin that people with final removal orders must have an opportunity to argue that deportation to a country other than their own could jeopardize their safety.
• The Trump administration went ahead with several such deportations anyway.