Trump admin threatened with contempt of court over deportations


A federal judge found “probable cause” to hold the administration in contempt for violating his order halting deportations under a wartime law.

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WASHINGTON − A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday found “probable cause” to hold President Donald Trump’s administration in contempt of court for violating his order last month halting deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a wartime law.

Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg’s order is the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s standoff with the courts over its deportations of migrants to a prison in El Salvador.

(This is a developing story.)

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