White House May Have Defied Court Order To Halt Deportation Flights of Venezuelan Gang Members: Report
The decision by the administration to openly defy a court order could mark a new escalation of President Trump’s feud with the judiciary and trigger what some in anti-Trump circles are already calling a ‘constitutional crisis.’
The White House reportedly intentionally defied a federal judge’s court order barring the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan gang members under a sweeping 18th-century law that the president invoked hours earlier that was immediately challenged by civil rights groups.
The reported decision by the administration to openly defy a court order could, if true, mark a new escalation of President Trump’s feud with the judiciary and trigger what some in anti-Trump circles are already calling a “constitutional crisis.” The administration has complained for weeks that activist judges appointed by Democratic administrations are hampering its ability to carry out its efforts to reduce government spending and crack down on illegal immigration.
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