A federal judge has found that “probable cause exists” to hold the Trump administration in “criminal contempt” for carrying out deportation flights of illegal aliens under the Alien Enemies Act.
Washington-based U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on March 15 issued a temporary restraining order barring the U.S. from using the Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport illegal aliens.
“Rather than comply with the court’s order, the government continued the hurried removal operation,” Boasberg wrote in an order Wednesday, adding that only hours after the court issued the restraining order, the Trump administration sent two planeloads full of illegal aliens to El Salvador.
The “court ultimately determines that the Government’s actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its order,” Boasberg wrote.
The Trump administration now has the…
