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Trump administration likely acted in contempt of court by not turning around deportation flights, judge says
(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge has found probable cause that the Trump administration acted in contempt of court when officials last month defied his order to turn around two planes carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.The administration's "willful disobedience of judicial orders" ...
Trump administration acted in contempt of court by not turning around deportation flights, judge says
(WASHINGTON) -- Judge James Boasberg has found probable cause that the Trump administration acted in contempt of court when officials last month defied his order to turn two planes around carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador."As this Opinion will detail, the Court ...
Judge to hear arguments over whether Trump deportation flights defied court order
(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly three weeks after President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to remove more than 200 alleged migrant gang members to El Salvador with little-to-no due process, a federal judge on Thursday is set to consider whether the Trump administration defied ...
DOJ contends judge didnt have authority to order return of 2 deportation flights
(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration is standing its ground in the ongoing dispute about whether it willfully violated a court order last week, arguing in a court filing late Tuesday that a federal judge's directive to turn around two deportation flights was not a ...
Woefully insufficient: Federal judge accuses Justice Department of evading obligations to comply with deportation flights request
(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, the federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens -- Venezuelan immigrants that it alleges are members of the gang Tren de Aragua -- without due process accused the Justice Department of evading "its obligations" to ...
DOJ asks for last-minute reprieve ahead of hearing over Trump deportation flights
(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge has scheduled a hearing at 5 p.m. ET Monday to address the question of whether the Trump administration knowingly violated a court order when it handed over more than 200 alleged gang members to El Salvadoran authorities over the ...
