DOJ seeks to boot judge questioning Trump deportations, lawyer warns of 'constitutional crisis'

The Department of Justice requested a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., to replace the district court judge overseeing a case challenging the Trump administration’s deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. Chief James Boasberg was accused of inappropriate jurisdiction, with the DOJ seeking to cancel a hearing where he questioned a top-ranking DOJ lawyer about the deportations. Boasberg had issued an oral order to return any deportees airborne on flights from the U.S., leading to a dispute over enforceability and raising concerns of a constitutional crisis.

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