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A federal judge grilled Trump administration lawyers Friday over the deportation of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador despite an earlier court order explicitly blocking the move. It was the latest in a legal dispute that could reach the Supreme Court. During a motion hearing, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg questioned Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign about why the Trump administration failed to comply with an emergency court order that temporarily blocked its use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan nationals, including alleged members of the gang Tren de Aragua, from U.S. soil for 14 days....

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that a federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to remove illegal immigrants has “no right” to ask questions on flights carrying deported individuals.U.S. District Judge James Boasberg had given the Trump administration until Tuesday to respond to his questions about deportation flights carrying alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang, which was designated by the administration as a foreign terrorist organization last month, over the past weekend following an order that he issued to suspend deportations after the administration invoked the 1798 law. He extended...

That escalated quickly. On Thursday, Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg rejected the Trump administration's Justice Department filing about the illegal alien deportation flights to our ally, El Salvador, in what's being characterized as an "angry order." He is threatening to hold them in contempt. As we previously wrote, the judge ordered the planes to turn around mid-flight: As RedState’s Ward Clark reported Saturday, the president invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua which has been terrorizing cities across the country—and then the administration sent at least one planeload of members of...

The Trump administration’s detainment and possible deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia University graduate student, is not the same as the Biden administration’s politically motivated persecution. Prominent conservative commentator Candace Owens has publicly criticized the Trump administration’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil. Owens’ critique centers on the lack of transparency surrounding Khalil’s detention and draws parallels to the politically motivated persecutions under the Biden administration. She has further argued that this action, intended to combat antisemitism and protect Jewish students, has instead backfired, increasing their vulnerability rather than enhancing their safety. In her commentary, Owens stated, “This...

An Orange County couple who came to the U.S. without authorization some 35 years ago, raised three daughters and now have a new grandson were deported to Colombia earlier this week, according to media reports. Nelson Gonzalez, 59, and his wife Gladys Gonzalez, 55, originally entered the states near San Ysidro before ultimately settling in Laguna Niguel and starting their family. While the couple tried numerous legal avenues to remain in the country over the years, including appeals to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Board of Immigration Appeals, a spokesperson for U.S....

NEW: ICE confirms to @FoxNews that they arrested Jeanette Vizguerra, a convicted criminal Mexican illegal alien & immigration activist, in Aurora, CO yesterday. ICE confirms she has a final order of removal (deportation order) via a DOJ immigration judge, and has repeatedly had due process, including multiple stays of deportation. She notoriously hid in a Denver church for years to avoid deportation, and she has remained an immigration fugitive. Despite having a final order of removal stretching back to the Obama administration, several Democrat politicians in Colorado falsely claimed today that Vizguerra has had no due process, including Denver Mayor...

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Trump administration would “absolutely” continue to remove Venezuelan immigrants on deportation flights despite a ruling from a federal judge ordering them to pause their efforts. “These are foreign terrorists, that the president has identified them, and designated them as such, and we will continue to follow the Alien Enemies Act,” Bondi said Monday on Fox News’s “Jesse Watters Primetime.” U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Saturday temporarily blocked President Trump from invoking the Alien Enemies Act, which would grant him the authority to detain and deport individuals of countries deemed foreign adversaries with little...

Left-wing actress Mia Farrow jumped to her social media Monday to spread conspiracy theories about the Trump administration’s deportations of violent Tren de Aragua gang bangers to El Salvador. The Rosemary’s Baby star jumped to her account on the left-wing echo chamber BlueSky app in reply to a post made by Vice President JD Vance, who wrote “There were violent criminals and rapists in our country. Democrats fought to keep them here. President Trump deported them.”

Trump has clashed with US District Judge James E. Boasberg over deportation flights to El Salvador... President Donald Trump called for the impeachment of a judge in a Truth Social post on Tuesday, apparently referring to U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg who recently sought to block deportation flights to El Salvador. "This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected President ... "I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do. This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before,...

A judge has slammed a lawyer representing the Trump administration for ignoring his order to turn around a planeload full of illegal immigrants en route to El Salvador. More than 200 suspected gang members from the feared Tren de Aragua who were illegally living in the United States were sent to El Salvador on Sunday after Trump invoked the wartime Aliens Enemies Act. US District Judge James Boasberg had issued an order to temporarily halt the deportations, telling Trump's lawyers in court that any plane already in the air must turn around and return to US soil. But a later...

In a masterful display of executive leadership, President Trump demonstrated exactly why Americans elected him to clean up the mess that the Biden administration left. While the Democrats and their handpicked activist judges continue their love affair with criminal illegal aliens and open borders, Trump took decisive action to protect American communities from violent Venezuelan gang members — and he did it with style. Late Friday night, Trump quietly signed an executive order invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to target members of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang. By Saturday morning, when the news leaked, ICE flights were already...

A federal judge on Saturday night temporarily blocked President Trump from removing immigrants under a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 after the president announced earlier in the day that he would enforce the law. Despite the ruling, 261 people were deported to El Salvador on Saturday, 137 of whom were removed under the Alien Enemies Act over alleged gang ties, a senior administration official said. The White House and Justice Department have said they had already been removed from the country when the judge made his ruling. The judge's ruling was in response to a...

A federal judge who temporarily blocked President Trump’s bid to rapidly deport Venezuelan gang members via the 18th century Alien Enemies Act is facing an impeachment push — including by Elon Musk. Shortly after the judge’s temporary order was issued, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) announced plans to file articles of impeachment against the judge, drawing praise from Musk. “Necessary,” Musk wrote on X after Gill revealed his plans to introduce articles of impeachment against the judge. Earlier in the day Saturday, US District Judge James Boasberg imposed a 14-day restraining order on Trump’s ability to use the 1798-era Alien Enemies...

Richard Grenell, who serves as President Trump's envoy for special missions, announced on Thursday that Venezuela will be accepting deportation flights from the United States on a regular basis. "I am pleased to announce that Venezuela has agreed to resume flights to pick up their citizens who broke U.S. Immigration Laws and entered the U.S. illegally. The flights will resume Friday," Grenell said on X. Venezuela had previously refused to accept deportation flights under the Biden-Harris administration, which created a bad situation, with hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans illegally entering the United States. Grenell previously visited the adversarial country to...

Americans overwhelmingly support the Trump-Vance administration’s moves on border and immigration issues and demand a return to law-and-order over migration issues. These beliefs cut across ideological and demographic lines, consistent with the mandate victory earned by President Donald Trump last November. Specifically, by a +19% margin, Americans back broad, mass deportations of all illegal aliens by a 56%-37% spread. In a country that is politically polarized, where most issues breakdown roughly 47%-47% along party lines, that kind of margin on a controversial topic like immigration, it points to an emerging consensus in the country. This polling data comes from TIPP...

When a couple from Colombia who was planning their wedding showed up for a check-in with U.S. immigration authorities, one was given his next appointment date. The other was detained and deported. Jhojan doesn’t know why Felipe was detained at the Feb. 5 appointment with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. But Jhojan was so worried after Felipe’s deportation that he didn’t show up for his next check-in a month later. Jhojan insisted The Associated Press withhold the couple’s last names, fearing retribution. He is among many people who now fear that once-routine immigration check-ins will be used...

President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to invoke a rarely used 18th-century law to accelerate mass deportation. The move would be part of his broader immigration crackdown, a centerpiece of his 2024 campaign. Sources told CNN that Trump’s team is considering using the Alien Enemies Act, a law from 1798 that grants the president sweeping powers to detain and deport noncitizens from countries deemed hostile. The law, originally passed during a period of tension with France, has rarely been applied in modern history. Trump has already vowed to launch “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history,” targeting millions of...

Khalil is currently being held in Louisiana, but was first sent to New Jersey. He is next expected to appear at an immigration court in Louisiana on March 21. Attorneys for the Justice Department on Wednesday are hoping to move Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil's deportation case from New York to either New Jersey or Louisiana. Khalil, a green card holder who was arrested Saturday by federal immigration authorities, allegedly helped orchestrate a massive antisemitic protest at Columbia University last year. He is also married to a U.S. citizen. He is currently being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

WTH, Great Britain?President Trump is working to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate student who has been an organizer of pro-Hamas rallies and who has been committing crimes, recruiting others to commit crimes, and illegally supporting a terrorist organization as an alien. John has been doing yeoman's work covering this case. Immigration law is explicit about the last: you may not have, may not now, nor may you at any point as a visa or green card holder support terrorists. It is black letter law. The Left is going crazy, because, well, the Left. If it is bad, they support...

Not only is Tom Homan ready to flood New York state with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents to carry out mass deportation efforts, but he apparently has ICE flowing through his veins as well. Get it? See what I did there? Homan was in the Empire State on Wednesday, attending a rally for Republican lawmakers seeking to repeal a law that allows illegal aliens to attain a driver's license, as well as pushing for the state's version of the Laken Riley Act. Video of Homan, who has worked as a border enforcement official under both Donald Trump and Barack...