"The order, issued in March by Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of the District of Columbia, would have lasted for two weeks. Instead, it touched off one of the biggest clashes between President Donald Trump and the judiciary this year. Trump has made mass deportations a cornerstone of his second-term agenda. Judges across the country have found that many migrants are being wrongly deported or being denied the right to contest their removals in court."
"At a hearing Wednesday, Boasberg said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit made clear in a series of opinions issued last week that his contempt inquiry could proceed. The appeals court had previously halted the proceedings in April. "The bottom line is the court of appeals has permitted me to go forward with my inquiry," Boasberg said."
Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg's criminal contempt inquiry into alleged violations of a March temporary restraining order barring deportation flights to El Salvador resumed after a seven-month pause for appeals. The March order was intended to last two weeks and sought to prevent transport of Venezuelan migrants to a notorious megaprison under the Alien Enemies Act to allow migrants a chance to contest removals in court. Administration officials continued flights despite the order; two flights were airborne during the March 15 oral ruling and were not recalled, and two more departed the following day. The D.C. Circuit clarified last week that the contempt inquiry may proceed to determine whether there is sufficient information to make a contempt referral.
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