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DOJ Plays Tractor Chicken With Federal Judge Over Venezuelan Deportations
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is tryin’ it with Chief Judge James Boasberg.
At an emergency hearing on Saturday regarding Venezuelan migrants summarily deported to a slave prison in El Salvador pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act, Judge Boasberg ordered the government to return any migrants under DHS control, including those already on airplanes.
“However that’s accomplished, whether turning around a plane or not embarking anyone on the plane or those people covered by this on the plane, I leave to you,” he said at 6:48 p.m. “But this is something that you need to make sure is complied with immediately.”
After which the government unloaded at least two planeloads of deportees, and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele seemingly joked about defying the court in a tweet that was reposted by multiple Trump administration officials.
