A federal judge found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for not adhering to orders regarding deporting individuals to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg highlighted the administration's failure to satisfactorily respond to previous opportunities to correct their actions. This situation escalates tensions between the judicial and executive branches concerning presidential powers, especially as Trump’s administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act amid calls for the judge’s impeachment. Despite judicial instructions, planes carrying deportees were already in transit to El Salvador, leading to further complications.
The Court does not reach such conclusion lightly or hastily; indeed, it has given Defendants ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions. None of their responses has been satisfactory.
Boasberg, who was nominated to the federal bench by Democratic President Barack Obama, ordered the administration last month not to deport anyone in its custody under the Alien Enemies Act.
When Boasberg was told there were already planes in the air headed to El Salvador... the judge said the aircraft needed to be returned to the United States.
The move by Boasberg marks an escalation in a battle between the judicial and executives branches of government over a president's powers to carry out key White House priorities.
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